Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai
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Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime? Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual? No, Hippasus's transgression was mathematically proving the hitherto unprovable. Ganesh Pai describes the history and math behind irrational numbers.
Lesson by Ganesh Pai, animation by Anton Trofimov.
- Video Language:
- English
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- closed TED
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- TED-Ed
- Duration:
- 04:41
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Dimitris Memtsas edited Greek subtitles for Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai | ||
Dimitris Memtsas edited Greek subtitles for Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai | ||
Dimitris Memtsas edited Greek subtitles for Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai |