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Re:The seventh most popular easily understood unsolved probl... by feoren on Friday February 16, 2024 @04:33PM (#39403258)
> the computer can prove it easily just by counting a finite number of bits

Did you miss the infinite sum there? How would you prove an infinite sum equals a transcendental number by counting finite bits? You'd have to count infinite bits.

Re:The seventh most popular easily understood unsolved probl... by hyperhello on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:02PM (#39403531)
Wouldn’t you be able to see the difference converging on zero at least? Unless it oscillates all over but seemed to average. I don’t know if the squeeze theorem applies.
Re:The seventh most popular easily understood unsolved probl... by tsimionescu on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:25PM (#39403799)
There are many series that converge to an extraordinarily small but non 0 number.