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Dal'nevostochnyi Matematicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Volume 10, Number 1, Pages 3–8
(Mi dvmg4)
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In the wake of the old past
V. A. Bykovskii Institute for Applied Mathematics, Khabarovsk Division, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract:
Theodorus of Cyrene has proved that $\sqrt 3, \sqrt 5,\ldots,\sqrt{17}$ are irrational numbers. We are reconstructing Theodorus proof.
Key words:
Irrational numbers, Plato, Theodorus of Cyrene.
Received: 21.12.2010
Citation:
V. A. Bykovskii, “In the wake of the old past”, Dal'nevost. Mat. Zh., 10:1 (2010), 3–8
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