Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-8bhkd Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-14T07:38:19.875Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

99.17 Irrational sums from reciprocals of factorials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2015

Martin Griffiths*
Affiliation:
121 Wanstead Park Avenue, London E12 5EE

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 2015 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1.Burton, D. M., Elementary number theory, McGraw-Hill (1998).Google Scholar
2.Wikipedia contributors, Transcendental number, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2014. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_numberGoogle Scholar
3.Knuth, D. E., The art of computer programming, Volume 1, Addison-Wesley (1968).Google Scholar
4.Cantor, G., Über die einfachen Zahlensysteme, Z. Math. und Phys. 14 (1869) pp. 121128.Google Scholar
5.Marques, D., A geometric proof of Cantor’s theorem and an irrationality measure for some Cantor series, Ann. Math. Inform. 36 (2009) pp. 117121.Google Scholar
6.Griffiths, M. and MacHale, D., Another irrational number, Math. Gaz., (March 2015) 99 pp. 130133.Google Scholar