hi,
recently Joth Tupper posted a message with the following
"I seem to recall a non-intuititive theorem about rational approximations to
numbers (this is from c. 1968). If you can approximate a number too closely,
then it is transcendental. S.Lang wrote a book on trancendental numbers and
a prize:
$15,000 Canadian
(or about $10,000 US) and sometimes a corner office.
Ah, the peaceful uses of dynamite.
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From: Alan Simpson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: RE: Mersenne: More Schlag
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From: Bob Margulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Mersenne: More Schlag
In reading the numerous postings about Liouville numbers and patterned
transcendentals, I notice that there has been a careful
