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ERIC Number: EJ988490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Nov
Pages: 4
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0746-8342
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Euler's Identity, Leibniz Tables, and the Irrationality of Pi
Jones, Timothy W.
College Mathematics Journal, v43 n5 p361-364 Nov 2012
Using techniques that show that e and pi are transcendental, we give a short, elementary proof that pi is irrational based on Euler's identity. The proof involves evaluations of a polynomial using repeated applications of Leibniz formula as organized in a Leibniz table.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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