Making sense of irrational numbers Ganesh Pai

View full lesson: Like many heroes of Greek myths, the philosopher Hippasus was rumored to have been mortally punished by the gods. But what was his crime Did he murder guests or disrupt a sacred ritual No, Hippasus s transgression was mathematically proving the hitherto unprovable. Ganesh Pai describes the history and math behind irrational numbers. Lesson by Ganesh Pai, animation by Anton Trofimov.