그만큼 2의 제곱근 is an 무리수, meaning it cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers [latex]p/q[/latex]. The classic proof, often attributed to the Pythagoreans, is a proof by contradiction: it assumes [latex]sqrt{2} = p/q[/latex] in lowest terms, which leads to the conclusion that both [latex]p[/latex] and [latex]q[/latex] must be even, contradicting the initial assumption.





