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The Square Root of Two to One Million Digits

The Square Root of Two to One Million Digits

McAdams, David E.

Paperback

Series: Math Books for Children, Book 20

AlgebraGeneral Mathematics

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1632703653
ISBN13: 9781632703651
Publisher: Life Is a Story Problem LLC
Published: Jun 9 2023
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A conundrum faced ancient mathematicians. Which number to use for the square root of 2? Ancient Babylonians used the fraction 305470/216000. This was accurate to about six decimal places. Ancient Indians used the fraction 577/408. This fraction is accurate to five decimal places. Today, mathematicians understand that the square root of 2 is irrational, its digits go on forever without repeating. It is calculated using an infinite series. This book lists the first million digits of the square root of 2.

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