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Apéry’s constant
The number
has been called Apéry’s constant since 1979, when Roger Apéry published a remarkable proof that it is irrational [1].
References
- 1 Roger Apéry. Irrationalité de et . Astérisque, 61:11–13, 1979.
- 2 Alfred van der Poorten. A proof that Euler missed. Apéry’s proof of the irrationality of . An informal report. Math. Intell., 1:195–203, 1979.
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