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The Sausage-Stacking Theorem
It's no secret that the powers of two are some of my favourite numbers. There are so many interesting things to say about them that often I don't know where to begin! (In case you're not au fait with the terminology, the powers of two are the numbers you can make by starting with 1 and multiplying by 2 over and over. The list starts out 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 64, 128 etc.)
The square root of two
In first year maths, they briefly study the five families of number: the natural numbers N, the integers Z, the rational numbers Q, the real numbers R, and the complex numbers C. In particular, they focus on the distinction between the rational numbers and the real numbers. A classic proof they are given at this time is one that the number √2 is irrational. This blog post is about some alternative proofs.
