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>Each time you reduce a number via square root you will eventually reach an infinite response and thus it's impossible to solve, let alone with a binary compute
by ChrisLomont 5y ago
>Each time you reduce a number via square root you will eventually reach an infinite response and thus it's impossible to solve, let alone with a binary computer system.
This is incorrect. All the symbolic math programs in the world provide counterexamples. There is no need to deal with infinite length decimal numbers to do a lot of proving of things in mathematics, in the same manner when I prove things by hand I do not need to write out infinite length numbers.
Your mistake is assuming the only way to analyze a sqrt of a number is to write it out in infinite precision. That is not needed. For example, you can prove on a computer that sqrt(19) > sqrt(17) without having to evaluate either side as a decimal number.
For example, Mathematica (or any symbolic program), entering Sqrt[19]>Sqrt[17] returns True.