The Power of Mathematical Visualization Season 1 Episode 10 Pushing the Picture of Fractions

  • TV-PG
  • October 21, 2016
  • 30 min

Delve into irrational numbers--those that can't be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers (i.e., as fractions) and therefore don't repeat. But how can we be sure they don't repeat? Prove that a famous irrational number, the square root of two, can't possibly be a fraction.

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  • First Aired
    October 21, 2016
  • Content Rating
    TV-PG
  • Runtime
    30 min
  • Language
    English
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