A Proof of Irrationality of π by Contraposition

2015/11/25 by Ushijima, Akira
#FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1512.00339

Abstract

We point out that the proof of irrationality of π by Niven can be modified to a proof by contraposition. As a warm-up, we also give a proof of irrationality of √(2) and √(3) in a similar way.

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