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From: mathead
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00

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On 10 Apr 1999 18:52:04 GMT, "Philip Stewart" <phil_stewart@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>A surd is an irrational number written in a precise form e.g.
>
>sqr(2) instead 1.41421 ...
>25 * pi instead of 78.53982 ...

Unless I'm mistaken, Pi is irrational, but not a "surd."  A surd
involves an irrational root, I believe.

John.

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Date: 1999/04/11
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