How is it proven that √2 or π are irrational? couldnt they just start repeating a zero after the quintillionth digit forever? or maybe repeat the whole number sequence again after quintillion digits

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im just wondering since irrational numbers supposedly dont end and dont repeat either, why is it not a possibility that after a huge bunch of numbers they all start over again or are only a single repeating digit.

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Related question, and perhaps one I should post as an actual question, but its always confused me how π is “never ending”, but 2πr gives us the circumference.

But if π is never ending, then the resulting circumference value should also be never ending. Or an approximation.

But you can measure the circumference for a given radius manually and arrive at an exact figure.

What am I missing?

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