Tuesday, March 17, 2015

[Maths History] #Newton's #proof that #pi is #transcendental ?

Article (from Quora, re: Alejandro Jenkins)
How do you prove that a number is a transcendental number?

Summary
Although the concept of "transcendental number" was not defined during Newton's time, Newton's Principia contained the germ of idea that seems to lead to a relatively easy proof of the idea that p  is transcendental.  Arnol'd described how Newton showed that the trajectory of planets cannot be expressed in terms of any polynomial function of time.

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