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In mathematics, an irrational number is any real number that is not a rational number, i.e., one that cannot be written as a fraction a / b with a and b integers and b not zero. This is also known as being incommensurable, or without common measure. The irrational numbers are precisely those numbers whose expansion in any given base (decimal ...
An example of an irrational algebraic number is x 0 = (2 1/2 + 1) 1/3. It is clearly algebraic since it is the root of an integer polynomial, ...
All rational numbers are real, but the converse is not true. Irrational numbers (): Real numbers that are not rational. Imaginary numbers: Numbers that equal the product of a real number and the imaginary unit , where =. The number 0 is both real and imaginary.
An informal name for an irrational number that displays such persistent patterns in its decimal expansion, that it has the appearance of a rational number. A schizophrenic number can be obtained as follows. For any positive integer n, let f (n) denote the integer given by the recurrence f (n) = 10 f (n − 1) + n with the initial value f(0
Rational numbers have irrationality exponent 1, while (as a consequence of Dirichlet's approximation theorem) every irrational number has irrationality exponent at least 2. On the other hand, an application of Borel-Cantelli lemma shows that almost all numbers, including all algebraic irrational numbers , have an irrationality exponent exactly ...
A list of articles about numbers (not about numerals). Topics include powers of ten, notable integers, prime and cardinal numbers, and the myriad system.
A natural follow-up question one might ask is if there is a function which is continuous on the rational numbers and discontinuous on the irrational numbers. This turns out to be impossible. The set of discontinuities of any function must be an F σ set. If such a function existed, then the irrationals would be an F σ set.
Numberphile is an educational YouTube channel featuring videos that explore topics from a variety of fields of mathematics. [2] [3] In the early days of the channel, each video focused on a specific number, but the channel has since expanded its scope, [4] featuring videos on more advanced mathematical concepts such as Fermat's Last Theorem, the Riemann hypothesis [5] and Kruskal's tree ...