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  2. Proof that π is irrational - Wikipedia

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    But a sequence of numbers greater than or equal to | | cannot converge to Since f 1 / 2 ( 1 4 π ) = cos ⁡ 1 2 π = 0 , {\displaystyle f_{1/2}({\tfrac {1}{4}}\pi )=\cos {\tfrac {1}{2}}\pi =0,} it follows from claim 3 that 1 16 π 2 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{16}}\pi ^{2}} is irrational and therefore that π {\displaystyle \pi } is irrational.

  3. Irrational number - Wikipedia

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    Among irrational numbers are the ratio π of a circle's circumference to its diameter, Euler's number e, the golden ratio φ, and the square root of two. [1] In fact, all square roots of natural numbers, other than of perfect squares, are irrational. [2]

  4. Euler's identity - Wikipedia

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    It can be seen that as N gets larger (1 + ⁠ iπ / N ⁠) N approaches a limit of −1. Euler's identity asserts that e i π {\displaystyle e^{i\pi }} is equal to −1. The expression e i π {\displaystyle e^{i\pi }} is a special case of the expression e z {\displaystyle e^{z}} , where z is any complex number .

  5. Pi - Wikipedia

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    The number π (/ p aɪ / ⓘ; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.It appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics, and some of these formulae are commonly used for defining π, to avoid relying on the definition of the length of a curve.

  6. List of mathematical constants - Wikipedia

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    Lieb's square ice constant [80] 1.53960 07178 ... But one such number is 0.00787 49969 97812 3844. ... for rational x greater than or equal to one. before 1996 ...

  7. Proof that 22/7 exceeds π - Wikipedia

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    Proofs of the mathematical result that the rational number ⁠ 22 / 7 ⁠ is greater than π (pi) date back to antiquity. One of these proofs, more recently developed but requiring only elementary techniques from calculus, has attracted attention in modern mathematics due to its mathematical elegance and its connections to the theory of Diophantine approximations.

  8. Transcendental number - Wikipedia

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    In other words, the n th digit of this number is 1 only if n is one of the numbers 1! = 1, 2! = 2, 3! = 6, 4! = 24, etc. Liouville showed that this number belongs to a class of transcendental numbers that can be more closely approximated by rational numbers than can any irrational algebraic number, and this class of numbers is called the ...

  9. Irrationality measure - Wikipedia

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    Rational numbers have irrationality exponent 1, while (as a consequence of Dirichlet's approximation theorem) every irrational number has irrationality exponent at least 2. On the other hand, an application of Borel-Cantelli lemma shows that almost all numbers, including all algebraic irrational numbers , have an irrationality exponent exactly ...