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Re:About the irrationality of e=2.718... (1840) by khana on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @02:12PM (#13474493)
e. Irrational -and- Transcendental.
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Re:About the irrationality of e=2.718... (1840) by waynecochran on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:15PM (#13476704)
For the transcendental part, wouldn't you have to prove that e is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients (not just a quadratic)?
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