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Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 06:09:35 -0800
Subject: Re: Transcendental Numbers
From: Tom
td@plan9.att.com babbled:
> While
>the square root of 12, for example, whose `decimals go on forever
>without repeating in *any* pattern', is not rational. Neither
>is it transcendental, being a root of the equation x^12=2.
Obviously, td had a fit of aphasia affecting his puncutation and
whether he was talking about the 12th root of 2 or x^2=12.
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