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There are only aleph-zero rational numbers, while there are 2 to the power aleph-zero real numbers. Hence the probability that a randomly chosen real number would be rational is 0. Yet proving rigorously that any specific, natural, real…
Many combinatorial sequences (for example, the Catalan and Motzkin numbers) may be expressed as the constant term of $P(x)^k Q(x)$, for some Laurent polynomials $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ in the variable $x$ with integer coefficients. Denoting such…
Let $k\geq 1$ be a small fixed integer. The rational approximations $\left |p/q-\pi^{k} \right |>1/q^{\mu(\pi^k)}$ of the irrational number $\pi^{k}$ are bounded away from zero. A general result for the irrationality exponent $\mu(\pi^k)$…
Linear recursions with integer coefficients, such as the one generating the Fibonacci sequence, have been intensely studied over millennia and yet still hide new mathematics. Such a recursion was used by Ap\'ery in his proof of the…
The PSLQ algorithm is one of the most popular algorithm for finding nontrivial integer relations for several real numbers. In the present work, we present an incremental version of PSLQ. For some applications needing to call PSLQ many…
The celebrated integer relation finding algorithm PSLQ has been successfully used in many applications. PSLQ was only analyzed theoretically for exact input data, however, when the input data are irrational numbers, they must be approximate…
In this article we will use Minecraft to experimentally approximate the values of four different mathematical constants. The mathematical constants that we will approximate are $\sqrt{2}, \pi$, Euler's number $e$, and Ap\'{e}ry's constant…
Let $L^p(\mathbf{T})$ be the Lesbegue space of complex-valued functions defined in the unit circle $\mathbf{T}=\{z: |z|=1\}\subseteq \mathbb{C}$. In this paper, we address the problem of finding the best constant in the inequality of the…
Given a multi-variant polynomial inequality with a parameter, how to find the best possible value of this parameter that satisfies the inequality? For instance, find the greatest number $k$ that satisfies $ a^3+b^3+c^3+…
W.M.Schmit[11] conjectured that for any$\;\theta$ with deg$\;\theta\geq 3,$ there is no constant$\;C=C(\theta)$ so that$\;|p-q\theta|>Cq^{-1}$ for every rationa$\;p/q.$ [12,p26] states that the computations of the first several thousand…
In this note, using an idea from \cite{Amo-Carrillo-Sanchez} we derive some new series representations involving $\zeta(2n)$ and Euler numbers. Using a well-known series representation for the Clausen function, we also provide some new…
New formulas for approximation of zeta-constants were derived on the basis of a number-theoretic approach constructed for the irrationality proof of certain classical constants. Using these formulas it's possible to approximate certain…
It is known that, for each real number x such that 1,x,x^2 are linearly independent over Q, the uniform exponent of simultaneous approximation to (1,x,x^2) by rational numbers is at most (sqrt{5}-1)/2 (approximately 0.618) and that this…
We present a large-scale computational study combining arbitrary-precision arithmetic, sequence acceleration, and the PSLQ integer relation algorithm to discover exact closed-form expressions for fundamental constants arising in asymptotic…
The constant $\pi$ has fascinated scholars throughout the centuries, inspiring numerous formulas for its evaluation, such as infinite sums and continued fractions. Despite their individual significance, many of the underlying connections…
We compute the closest convex piecewise linear-quadratic (PLQ) function with minimal number of pieces to a given univariate piecewise linear-quadratic function. The Euclidean norm is used to measure the distance between functions. First, we…
Many integer sequences including the Catalan numbers, Motzkin numbers, and the Apr{\'e}y numbers can be expressed in the form ConstantTermOf$\left[P^nQ\right]$ for Laurent polynomials $P$ and $Q$. These are often called ``constant term…
We propose an efficient algorithm for approximate computation of the profile maximum likelihood (PML), a variant of maximum likelihood maximizing the probability of observing a sufficient statistic rather than the empirical sample. The PML…
Fundamental mathematical constants like $e$ and $\pi$ are ubiquitous in diverse fields of science, from abstract mathematics to physics, biology and chemistry. For centuries, new formulas relating fundamental constants have been scarce and…
Following earlier results of Sondow, we propose another criterion of irrationality for Euler's constant $\gamma$. It involves similar linear combinations of logarithm numbers $L\_{n,m}$. To prove that $\gamma$ is irrational, it suffices to…