Stage: 5 Challenge Level: 
Square and then equate rational and irrational parts.
Mathematical reasoning & proof. alphas. Inequality/inequalities. Manipulating algebraic expressions/formulae. Powers & roots. Surds. epsilons. Stage 5 - Reviewed 2012. Generalising. Summation of series.
Published October 1999.
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