Re: Re: Types in Mathematica thread
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- Subject: [mg62929] Re: [mg62891] Re: Types in Mathematica thread
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 06:25:33 -0500 (EST)
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On 8 Dec 2005, at 17:24, Andrzej Kozlowski wrote: >>> >>> Exp[I Pi]==-1. >> >> Yes. >> >>> In that case would you say that you can also "derive" I form Pi and >>> E? What do you mean by deriving a number from another number? >> >> I meant to say that Pi can be defined in terms of E. I am >> assuming the >> definition of complex numbers as a prerequisite. It's something >> that's >> been in the back of my mind for quite some time. > > > But there is no reason at all to think that this would help in > deducing that Pi is transcendental form the fact that E is. The > fact that neither Lindemann's nor Hilbert could do this using this > ancient formula of Euler, which they certainly new, would make most > people hesitate in claiming that it should be done once you have > got complex numbers "as a prerequisite". > > But if you really have an idea how to deduce that Pi is > transcendental from the fact that E is then perhaps you might wish > to prove that E+Pi is transcendental because somehow nobody has so > far been able to do it. > > Andrzej Kozlowski Although, I have to admit, that if you make use of the Lindemann- Weierstrass theorem (which was proved by Weierstrass much later than Lindemann's proof of the transcendentality of Pi) than indeed transcendentality of Pi does follow from the transcendentality of E and the relationship Exp[I Pi]= -1. But the Liendemann-Weierstrass theorem is far from easy to prove; and certainly requires more prerequisites than "complex numbers", see for example Alan Baker, "Transcendental Number Theory" (which I just have been looking at). Andrzej Kozlowski
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