At 09:58 AM 2/10/00 +0800, Low Hwee Boon wrote:
> 6. But most irrational numbers can be obtained from solving a polynomial
>equations
Actually almost all irrational numbers are transcendental, and therefore
not the root of a polynomial with rational coefficients.
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| Jud McCranie |
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| 137*2^197783+1 is prime! (59,541 digits, 11/11/99) |
| 137*2^224879+1 is prime! (67,687 digits, 1/00) |
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