square root of two
- From: David Kurz <kurz@[redacted]>
- Subject: square root of two
- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 12:00:27 -0400
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]