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Re:How the Square Root of 2 Became a Number by kevinventullo on Friday June 21, 2024 @01:05PM (#40751534)
Slightly off topic, but one of the coolest (to me) archaeological discoveries is from ~1700 BC, showing a calculation of sqrt(2) to the equivalent of six decimal places: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/YBC_7289
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