Rebuttal of Kowalenko's paper as concerns the irrationality of Euler's constant

DOI10.1007/S10440-012-9697-ZzbMATH Open1263.11068arXiv1202.3093OpenAlexW2067192118MaRDI QIDQ693164FDOQ693164

Authors: Mark W. Coffey, Jonathan Sondow 

Publication date: 7 December 2012

Published in: Acta Applicandae Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We rebut Kowalenko's claims in 2010 that he proved the irrationality of Euler's constant, and that his rational series for it is new.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1202.3093

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zbMATH Keywords

Euler's constantirrationalityKluyver's numbersrebuttal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)

Cites Work

• Properties and applications of the reciprocal logarithm numbers

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• Sequence transformations in proofs of irrationality of some fundamental constants

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