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square root of two



The title, with near certainty, ;-0 is "The Square Root of 2..."  Like its 
friend, Pi,
and most of us most of the time, the square root of two is famously irrational.

dk

At 07:59 PM 7/5/01 -0400, Rod Hay wrote:
>Surely this is a typo. The square root of 4 is 2.
>
>Rod Hay
>
>"Michael S. Hart" wrote:
>
> > This is Project Gutenberg's Weekly Newsletter for Wednesday, July 4, 2001
> >
> > This Is Our 30th Anniversary Newsletter!
> >
> > The Square Root of 4 To A Million Places[Math #19]

[Moderator: Project Gutenberg has previously released the square root 
 of two, as etexts #129 and #52.  #129 has it to 5 million places,
 #52 has it to about 1 million.  The zip files don't compress
 down nearly as much as file for the square root of 4 does.... - JMO]