Irrationality measures for certain $q$-mathematical constants
Author(s) -
Peter Bundschuh,
Wadim Zudilin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
mathematica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1903-1807
pISSN - 0025-5521
DOI - 10.7146/math.scand.a-15034
Subject(s) - irrationality , mathematics , series (stratigraphy) , algebraic number , independence (probability theory) , constant (computer programming) , pure mathematics , algebra over a field , rationality , mathematical analysis , statistics , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , paleontology , biology , programming language
We prove sharp irrationality measures for a q-analogue of π and related q-series, and indicate open problems on linear and algebraic independence of the series that might be viewed as q-analogues of some classical mathematical constants.
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