What Is So Special about the Square Root of 17?.

Bar-On, Ehud; Avital, Shmuel

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Publication Date: 1984

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What Is So Special about the Square Root of 17?

Bar-On, Ehud; Avital, Shmuel

Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, v4 n1 p20-21 Fall 1984

Presents background information and the listing for a LOGO computer program which investigates an ancient mathematical riddle (related to the square root of seventeen). The simulation, written for Apple II microcomputers, can be easily adapted to other microcomputers. (JN)

Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Geometric Concepts, History, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Microcomputers, Number Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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