Additional Information-Irrational Numbers and Pi

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Irrational Numbers--Explanation, Examples and History

http://www.mathisfun.com/irrational-numbers.html
* Definition
* Why the square root of 2 is irrational
* Pi
* Specific examples of square roots in addition to the square root of 2
* If you use E or the Golden Ratio, then you need a complete in depth explanation of both
* History--Hippasus and Pythagoras

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/irrational_numbers.php
* Definition
* Specific examples of square roots in addition to the square root of 2
* Example---- square root (irrational) + rational number
* Are there more irrational numbers than rational numbers? If so--why?

http://ponderosa.wikispaces.com/Irrationals
* Definition
* Pythagoras and Hippasus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_number
* History--Hippasus

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/mysteryaleph.htm
* Pythagoras (pages 4-5) Best site for this information
* Hippasus (pages 4-5) Best site for this information

http://www.bookrags.com/printfriendly/?p=gale&u=irrational-numbers-wom
* Definition
* Examples
* Pythagoras
* Euclid and square root of 2


Pi and Methods of Finding Pi

http://www.geocities.com/lady_lizzie/info.html?200818
* History--Babylonians, Egyptians & Rhind Papyrus/Ahmes, Archimedes, Fibonacci, Francois ViEte, Lambert
* The Greek's use of pi
* William Jones--1706

http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/history_of_pi/index.html
* Babylonians
* Egyptian Rhind Papyrus
* Archimedes
* Zu Chongzhi
* William Jones
* Georges Buffon

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000513/mathtrek.asp
* Buffon's classic probability experiment and pi

http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/pi2.html
* The values of Pi through time--person/people & year & value

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
* Definition
* Why pi is irrational
* William Jones, 1706
* Numerical value
* History--the Geometric Period (Egyptians, Babylonians, Indian and Greeks)

http://www.mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.pi.html
* What is pi?
* Who first used pi?
* How do you find its value?
* What is it for?
* How many digits is it?