Pythagoras's Constant
The number
which the Pythagoreans proved to be Irrational. The Babylonians gave the impressive approximation
(Guy 1990, Conway and Guy 1996, pp. 181-182).See also Irrational Number, Octagon, Pythagoras's Theorem, Square
References
Conway, J. H. and Guy, R. K. The Book of Numbers. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 25 and 181-182, 1996. Guy, R. K. ``Review: The Mathematics of Plato's Academy.'' Amer. Math. Monthly 97, 440-443, 1990. Shanks, D. Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 4th ed. New York: Chelsea, p. 126, 1993.
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