Irrational number

From RationalWiki

NOTE: This article or section is (sadly) a serious treatment of the subject matter. Unlike most of RationalWiki, it lacks sarcasm, satire, or humor in general.

3x − 5y = 6 2x + 4y = 2 x = ? y = ?

This article/section deals with mathematical concepts appropriate for a student in mid to late high school.

In mathematics an irrational number is any real number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers (e.g. x/y). The student will recall, if they try, and paid attention, to the RationalWiki slogan, "the Wiki that can be expressed as the ratio between two IntegerWikis". Irrational numbers in decimal formation never repeat their digit sequences. Smart people have proved this with complicated maths.

The following are well-known irrational numbers:

• e
• Pi
• Phi
• 

[edit] Usage

Contrary to the name, irrational numbers are not used to count young earth creationists. Perhaps fingers are?

Mathematics Articles on RationalWiki
	-  40gon (Fun)  -  Complex numbers  -  Conservapedian mathematics  -  Delta function  -  Fermat's last theorem  -  Fibonacci sequence  -  Golden Ratio  -  Groups  -  Gödel's incompleteness theorems  -  Information  -  Mathematics  -  Metric system  -  ln  -  Pentagon  -  Phli (fun)  -  Probability (Conservapedia)  -  Pyramid  -  Quadratic equation  -  Recursion  -  Rene Descartes  -  Statistics  -  TeX  -  Zero  -