A new proof of the irrationality of \(\zeta (2)\) and \(\zeta (3)\) using Padé approximants

DOI10.1016/0377-0427(95)00019-4zbMath0855.11037OpenAlexW2069351338MaRDI QIDQ1919425

Marc Prevost

Publication date: 3 December 1996

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0427(95)00019-4

zbMATH Keywords

hypergeometric polynomialsPadé approximantApéry numbersirrationality of \(\zeta (2)\)irrationality of \(\zeta (3)\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Measures of irrationality and of transcendence (11J82)

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