English

Real numbers as infinite decimals and irrationality of $\sqrt{2}$

History and Overview 2009-11-02 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

In order to prove irrationality of \sqrt{2} by using only decimal expansions (and not fractions), we develop in detail a model of real numbers based on infinite decimals and arithmetic operations with them.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.0910.5870,
  title  = {Real numbers as infinite decimals and irrationality of $\sqrt{2}$},
  author = {Martin Klazar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.5870},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

20 pages