Irrationality of square root of n

The ratio of the homothety is √n. A first step is to validate the characterization of √n as the ratio of the sides of a rectangle similar to what one obtains after having folded it n times. The basic idea is due to Benoît Rittaud.

 

Christian Mercat

 
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