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This document explores relations between surds through arithmetic progressions (APs). It begins by simplifying an expression involving surds, then traces the origin of this relation to an AP of 4, 8, 12, 16. More general relations are uncovered by taking other APs formed from the numbers 16 and 4, such as 16, 10, 4 and 16, 12, 8, 4. The document provides a method for generating more such relations between surds by choosing different pairs of perfect squares and the APs between them.

Author

Paul Turner

Language

EN