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Re:Fifteen Most Famous Transcendental Numbers by zeroonetwothree on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @07:32PM (#46449908)
A perfect mathematical square cannot exist in reality.
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Re:Fifteen Most Famous Transcendental Numbers by tshaddox on Thursday January 01, 2026 @05:38PM (#46458944)
Which part is impossible? It was implied that perfect rational numbers are possible, so I’m wondering what stops the square with rational side length from existing and having an irrational diagonal.
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Re:Fifteen Most Famous Transcendental Numbers by IAmBroom on Monday January 05, 2026 @02:05PM (#46503159)
An unprovable assertion.
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