Math Department (Thesis/2008-09)

Irrational Numbers

Under the direction of: Susan Niefield

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Many of you have seen a proof that $\sqrt 2$ is irrational (probably in Math 199). What about $\pi$ or $e$, or other familiar irrational numbers? This topic would be a study of irrational numbers including perhaps the study of rational approximations, proofs of the irrationality of familiar numbers, as well as some of the history of the subject.

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