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单词 SquareRootOf2
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square root of 2


The square root of 2MathworldPlanetmath is an irrational number, the first to have been proved irrational. Its decimal expansion begins 1.41421356237309504880168872420969807856… (sequence http://www.research.att.com/ njas/sequences/A002193A002194 in Sloane’s OEIS) Its simple continued fractionMathworldPlanetmath is

1+12+12+12+12+,

periodically repeating the 2. Some call this number Pythagoras’ constant.

There are several different ways to express 2 as an infinite product. One way is

2=i=0(4i+2)2(4i+1)(4i+3),

another is

2=i=0(-1)i+1(2i-3)!!(2i)!!.

References

  • 1 Flannery, David. The square root of 2 : a dialogue concerning a number and a sequence. New York: Copernicus, 2006.
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