On May 16, 2008, at 8:57 AM, Nick Alexander wrote: > >> (specifically, sqrt(2) would >> be an element of QQ[sqrt(2)] with a specified embedding into RR, so >> stuff like RR(1) + sqrt(2) would work). > > Similar to why matrices are over ZZ rather than QQ: why is sqrt(2) in > QQ[sqrt(2)] and not in ZZ[sqrt(2)]?
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