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Prove that [$]e^{\pi \sqrt{163}}[$] is an integer

April 9th, 2020, 2:21 pm

and how do you compute it?
 
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Re: Prove that [$]e^{\pi \sqrt{163}}[$] is an integer

April 9th, 2020, 6:25 pm

My theory is that the value is 
262537412640768743 + 1 = 262537412640768744
 
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Re: Prove that [$]e^{\pi \sqrt{163}}[$] is an integer

April 11th, 2020, 12:15 pm

This number was discovered in 1859 by the mathematician Charles Hermite.[7] In a 1975 April Fool article in Scientific American magazine,[8] "Mathematical Games" columnist Martin Gardner made the hoax claim that the number was in fact an integer, and that the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan had predicted it—hence its name. 
 
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April 11th, 2020, 4:51 pm

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