A family of criteria for irrationality of Euler's constant

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Authors M. Prevost

Publication date 12 July 2005

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Padé approximation (41A21) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)

Abstract: Following earlier results of Sondow, we propose another criterion of irrationality for Euler's constant $gamma$. It involves similar linear combinations of logarithm numbers $L_{n,m}$. To prove that $gamma$ is irrational, it suffices to prove that, for some fixed $m$, the distance of $d_n{L}_{n,m}$ ($d_n$ is the least common multiple of the $n$ first integers) to the set of integers $mathbfZ$ does not converge to 0. A similar result is obtained by replacing logarithms numbers by rational numbers: it gives a sufficient condition involving only rational numbers. Unfortunately, the chaotic behavior of $d_n$ is an obstacle to verify this sufficient condition. All the proofs use in a large manner the theory of Pad'e approximation.

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