Question

Please tell me about The History of Rational Numbers. Quick!!

Answer 1

Rational number is any number that can be expressed as the quotient or fraction p/q of two integers, p and q, with the denominator, q, not equal to zero The history of rational numbers goes way back to the beginning of historical times. It is believed that knowledge of rational number precedes history but no evidence of this survives today. The earliest evidence is in the Ancient Egyptian document the Kahun Papyrus. Ancient Greeks also worked on rational numbers as a part of their number theory. Pythagoreans discovered that not all numbers were rational. For instance, the square root of two, which is the length of the longer side of a triangle with sides one and one, is not a rational. Euclid's elements date to around 300 BC. Indianmathematicians also worked on rational numbers. This is documented in different texts but the most important is probably the Sthananga Sutra which dates back to around the second century BCE.