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Lévy constants of transcendental numbers
Author(s):
Christoph
Baxa
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
137
(2009),
2243-2249.
MSC (2000):
Primary 11K50, 11J81
Posted:
January 28, 2009
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Abstract:
We prove that every is the Lévy constant of a transcendental number; i.e., there exists a transcendental number such that , where denotes the denominator of the th convergent of .
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Additional Information:
Christoph
Baxa
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Nordbergstraße 15, A-1090, Wien, Austria
Email:
christoph.baxa@univie.ac.at
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09787-1
PII:
S 0002-9939(09)09787-1
Received by editor(s):
August 26, 2008,
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
September 29, 2008
Posted:
January 28, 2009
Communicated by:
Ken Ono
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2009,
American Mathematical Society
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