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Advanced Number Theory
Rational or Diophantine Approximation
Approximating Rational or Algebraic Numbers
Lower Bound on |x-y√D|
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Stub explanation We know that 2\sqrt{2}2 is irrational. But "how irrational" is it? One fruitful way to "measure irrationality" is to look at the distances between 2\sqrt{2}2 …
By Victor Wang, Victor Wang
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