11th February 2016
Reckon your knowledge about transcendental numbers
A transcendental number is the one which cannot be obtained as roots of an equation with rational coefficients like, 3x2 + 2x + 4 = 0.
The mathematical constant or Euler’s number ‘e’ and ‘pi’ are examples of transcendental numbers. The proof of above proposition is not very simple, which is partly the reason why ‘e’ and ‘p’ could not be shown to be so respectively till 1873 and 1882. Both ‘e’ and ‘p’ are non-recurring and non-terminating decimals. The values of ‘e’ and ‘p’, correct up to fifty decimal places, are respectively.
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