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Vestnik Moskov. Univ. Ser. 1. Mat. Mekh., 2009 Number 4, Pages 28–35 (Mi vmumm886)

Mathematics

An elementary proof of the irrationality of $\zeta(3)$

Yu. V. Nesterenko

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

Abstract: An elementary proof of the irrationality of $\zeta(3)$ is presented. The proof is based on a two times more dense sequence of diophantine approximations to this number than the sequence in the original proof of Apery.

Key words: irrationality, zeta-values, recurrence.

UDC: 511.31+511.36

Received: 01.12.2008



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