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Re:Have any long-suspected irrational numbers turned out to ... by murbard2 on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @01:49PM (#8325858)
One of the reason such proofs are hard is that there is no reason for these numbers to be rational, it would be a huge coincidence. Proofs typically happen when there is a good reason for things to be a certain way.
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Re:Have any long-suspected irrational numbers turned out to ... by tel on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:31PM (#8326588)
And "almost all" numbers are irrational, so you sort of do need a reason to be rational.
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