scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1522557

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Authors Rolf Wallisser

Publication date 9 December 2001

zbMATH Keywords

continued fractionsLambertLegendreproofs of irrationality of \(\pi\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Bibliographic studies (01A90) History of number theory (11-03) Continued fractions and generalizations (11J70) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)

Review text

The author compares the proofs of the irrationality of \(\pi\) given by Lambert (1761) and Legendre (1794) by means of continued fractions. He shows that Lambert's original proof was complete and outstanding for its time, contrary to the common opinion that there is a gap in it [\textit{F. Rudio}, Archimedes, Huygens, Lambert, Legendre. Vier Abhandlungen über die Kreismessung, Teubner-Verlag, Leipzig (1892; JFM 24.0050.02)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0940.00025].

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