DrClaude said:Aren't you basically saying that assuming that ##\sqrt{2}## can be written as a rational number, then it is a rational number?
micromass said:
DrClaude said:Thanks. The last part, namely showing the contradiction, was missing from the OP.
ltkach said:Basically everything I learned is wrong.
rbj said:it's the same for the square root of any prime number. it cannot be rational.