Predictably Irrational fairy tale." Predictably Irrational Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by Dan Ariely, in which he challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal, by the end of this book, is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick. I hope to lead you there by presenting a wide range of scientific experiments, findings, and anecdotes that are in many cases quite amusing. Once you see how systematic certain mistakes are—how we repeat them again and again—I think you will begin
Proof that e is irrational numbers. Still another proof can be obtained from the fact that Define formula_11 as follows: Then: which implies: for any integer formula_15 Note that formula_16 is always an integer. Assume formula_17 is rational, so, formula_18 where formula_19 are co-prime and formula_20 It's possible to appropriately choose formula_21 so that formula_22 is an integer i.e. formula_23 Hence, for this choice, the difference between formula_22 and formula_16 would be an integer. But from the above inequality, that's impossible.So, formula_17 is irrational. This means that formula_27 is irrational. In 1840, Liouville published a proof of the fact that "e" is irrational followed by