A simple proof that (2) = ^26

DOI10.1007/S00283-011-9217-4zbMATH Open1291.11113OpenAlexW1977490770MaRDI QIDQ645301FDOQ645301

Authors: Michael D. Hirschhorn 

Publication date: 14 November 2011

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-011-9217-4

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(zeta (s)) and (L(s, chi)) (11M06) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)

Cites Work

• Similarities in Irrationality Proofs for π, ln2, ζ(2), and ζ(3)
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