Discovering and Proving that π Is Irrational

DOI10.4169/000298910X492853zbMATH Open1235.11069OpenAlexW9327061WikidataQ58246650 ScholiaQ58246650MaRDI QIDQ3060184FDOQ3060184

Authors: Timothy W. Jones 

Publication date: 1 December 2010

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/000298910x492853

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)

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