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May 25, 2007
Irrational numbers
Problem Statement
Prove that if
g
≥
2
g \ge 2
g
≥
2
is an integer, then two series
∑
n
=
0
∞
1
g
n
2
and
∑
n
=
0
∞
1
g
n
!
\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{g^{n^{2}}}\;\; \text{and}\;\; \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{g^{n!}}
n
=
0
∑
∞
g
n
2
1
and
n
=
0
∑
∞
g
n
!
1
both converge to irrational numbers.
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