A proof that Euler missed. Apéry's proof of the irrationality of \(\zeta(3)\). An informal report
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DOI10.1007/BF03028234zbMath0409.10028OpenAlexW2945964015WikidataQ55879773 ScholiaQ55879773MaRDI QIDQ1258767
Publication date: 1979
Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03028234
(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Recurrences (11B37) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)
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