Tuesday, July 20, 2010

what are real numbers

Let us study what are real numbers,

Real Numbers are just numbers like:

1 12.38 -0.8625 3/4 √2 1998
In fact:
Nearly any number you can think of is a Real Number

Real Numbers include:

Whole Numbers (like 1,2,3,4, etc)
Rational Numbers (like 3/4, 0.125, 0.333..., 1.1, etc )
Irrational Numbers (like π, √3, etc )
Real Numbers can also be positive, negative or zero.

So ... what is NOT a Real Number?

√-1 (the square root of minus 1) is not a Real Number, it is an Imaginary Number
Infinity is not a Real Number
And there are also some special numbers that mathematicians play with that are not Real Numbers

I hope the above explanation was useful, now let me explain about Similar polygons.

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