Mathematics students face challenges with rational and irrational numbers. Understanding the principles and patterns simplifies this concept. Rational numbers can be fractions of integers. Irrational ...

The p-adics form an infinite collection of number systems based on prime numbers. They’re at the heart of modern number theory. The rational numbers are the most familiar numbers: 1, -5, ½, and every ...

Irrational numbers are numbers that cannot be expressed as the ratio of two whole numbers. This is opposed to rational numbers, like 2, 7, one-fifth and -13/9, which can be, and are, expressed as the ...

Vol. 2, No. 2/3, Addresses of the First International Congress on Mathematical Education (Dec., 1969), pp. 371-392 (22 pages) Educational Studies in Mathematics presents new ideas and developments of ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...