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A comment on Euclid's Proof that √2 is Irrational. Parent comment
I think that it would be helpful to mention why sqrt(y) must be an integer.
(I know that it is, but it also feels a bit glossed over, given that all the other steps of the proof were explained so thoroughly.)
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I think that it would be helpful to mention why sqrt(y) must be an integer.
(I know that it is, but it also feels a bit glossed over, given that all the other steps of the proof were explained so thoroughly.)