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Topic: pi + e
Replies: 46 Last Post: Nov 9, 2005 8:52 PM

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Robert Israel

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Registered: 12/6/04

Re: pi + e
Posted: Nov 16, 2004 6:07 PM

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In article <lJsmd.26723$7i4.26226@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
Norm Dresner <ndrez@att.net> wrote:
>"Robert Israel" <israel@math.ubc.ca> wrote in message
><a href="news://cncjls$gal$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca...">news://cncjls$gal$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca...</a>

>> Proofs of irrationality (for numbers that are not known to be
>> algebraic) tend to be very difficult.

>> On the other hand, it is known (and not difficult) that at least
>> one of pi + e and pi e is irrational.

>Isn't it _known_ that _pi_ is transcendental?

Yes, it is.
Why do you ask?

Robert Israel israel@math.ubc.ca
Department of Mathematics <a href="http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel">http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel</a>
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada

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11/16/04

pi + e

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