At 01:45 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, Maru Dubshinki wrote:
On 9/18/05, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry (Wild Egg books)


Doesn't this scheme make it really hard to calculate distances? From the looks of it, it involves a lot of square-rooting. ~Maru



Which are themselves (usually) not rational. Do you suppose Dr. Wildberger is a better swimmer than Hippasus?


Ab Surd Maru


--Ronn!  :)

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