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Quantum Theory and Irrational Numbers
A new theory proposes banishing irrational numbers from quantum mechanics, which could eliminate its strangest features and trigger a major upheaval in physics.
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New Scientist
Irrational numbers have underpinned quantum mechanics for a century. Removing them could eliminate its strangest features and trigger the biggest upheaval in physics since quantum theory began
2026-08-24 15:00 UTC