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95.42 Irrational square roots of natural numbers — a geometrical approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Terence Jackson
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 95 , Issue 533 , July 2011 , pp. 327 - 330
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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 2012

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