IRRATIONALNUMBER

Irrational number

In mathematics, an irrational number is any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio a/b, where a and b are integers and b is non-zero.

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irrational number

Noun

  1. Any real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers.
    The square root of a positive integer is an irrational number unless the positive integer is a perfect square, in which case the square root will also be a positive integer.


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