Tuesday 28 April 2015

number theory - $sqrt{17}$ is irrational: the Well-ordering Principle

Prove that $\sqrt{17}$ is irrational by using the Well-ordering property of the natural numbers.



I've been trying to figure out how to go about doing this but I haven't been able to.

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