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Re: [HM] My favorite irrational numbers
Posted:
Oct 1, 2001 8:08 AM
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My favourite irrational number is e**(pi*sqrt(163)) which according to
Aitken differs from an integer by less than 10**-12. (David Wells, "The
Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers", citing Rouse
Ball and Coxeter.) But I may be wrong in assuming that this number is
irrational.
Tony
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Tony Mann
School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Maritime Greenwich University Campus, Old Royal Naval College,
Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS
Tel: +(44) (0)20 8331 8709
Fax: +(44) (0)20 8331 8665
Email: A.Mann@gre.ac.uk
Web site http://www.gre.ac.uk/~A.Mann
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