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ELEMENTARY NUMBER THEORY
Elementary properties of divisibility
Irrationality of square root of 2
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Theorem
sqrt2re
Description:
The square root of 2 exists and is a real number.
(Contributed by
NM
, 3-Dec-2004)
Ref
Expression
Assertion
sqrt2re
⊢
2
∈
ℝ
Proof
Step
Hyp
Ref
Expression
1
2re
⊢
2
∈
ℝ
2
2pos
⊢
0
<
2
3
1
2
sqrtpclii
⊢
2
∈
ℝ