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History of transcendental numbers

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Tags: mathematics, number theory, numbers.transcendental, history, author.david s richeson, source.quanta magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/recounting-the-history-of-maths-transcendental-numbers-20230627/

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Jun 27 2023
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    Quanta is one of my favorite science publications. It helps me keep up-to date with interesting results as well as some fun general interest pieces such as this one. Curious to see if there are...

    Quanta is one of my favorite science publications. It helps me keep up-to date with interesting results as well as some fun general interest pieces such as this one. Curious to see if there are any other fans of numbers on Tildes!

    I've always found the proof of Pi's transcendence to be a wonderful cute proof that hides a lot of intricate machinery.

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