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Two points:

1. As soon as you allow square roots, you allow irrational numbers. (This sqrt(2).)

2. "The natural log - ln - is not rational" is a different statement than "e is irrational". A rational function is one that can be written as the ratio of two polynomials.



Regarding point 1, you had many things wrong. I picked what was the most obvious to me at the moment - in order for it not to apply, there only needs to be one thing wrong with it. And my point with the natural logarithm is that once you introduce it, you have introduced an irrational number. Overall, I'm not sure what your point has been.




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