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Recently Shekhar Suman [arXiv: 2407.07121v6 [math.GM] 3 Aug 2024] made an attempt to prove the irrationality of $\zeta(5)$. But unfortunately the proof is not correct. In this note, we discuss the fallacy in the proof.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-01-10 Keyu Chen , Wei He , Yixin He , Yuxiang Huang , Yanyang Li , Quanyu Tang , Lei Wu , Shenhao Xu , Shuo Yang , Zijun Yu

This survey text deals with irrationality, and linear independence over the rationals, of values at positive odd integers of Riemann zeta function. The first section gives all known proofs (and connections between them) of Ap\'ery's Theorem…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-02-13 Stéphane Fischler

In this paper we generalize Nesterenko's criterion to the case where the small linear forms have an oscillating behaviour (for instance given by the saddle point method). This criterion provides both a lower bound for the dimension of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2012-01-13 Stéphane Fischler

A simple geometric construction on the moduli spaces $\mathcal{M}_{0,n}$ of curves of genus $0$ with $n$ ordered marked points is described which gives a common framework for many irrationality proofs for zeta values. This construction…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-22 Francis Brown

We construct an analytic approach to evaluate odd Euler sums, multiple zeta value $\zeta(3,2,\ldots,2)$ and multiple $t$-value $t\left(3,2,\ldots,2\right)$. Moreover, we also conjecture a closed expression for multiple $t$-value…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2021-11-16 Sarth Chavan , Masato Kobayashi , Jorge Layja

In this note, I develop step-by-step proofs of irrationality for $\,\zeta{(2)}\,$ and $\,\zeta{(3)}$. Though the proofs follow closely those based upon unit-square integrals proposed originally by Beukers, I introduce some modifications…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-10 F. M. S. Lima

For odd $N\geq 5$, we establish a short exact sequence about motivic double zeta values $\zeta^{\mathfrak{m}}(r,N-r)$ with $r\geq3$ odd, $N-r\geq2$. From this we classify all the relations among depth-graded motivic double zeta values…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-06-17 Jiangtao Li , Fei Liu

In 1978, Apery has given sequences of rational approximations to $\zeta(2)$ and $\zeta(3)$ yielding the irrationality of each of these numbers. One of the key ingredient of Apery's proof are second-order difference equations with polynomial…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Wadim Zudilin

We present a hypergeometric construction of rational approximations to $\zeta(2)$ and $\zeta(3)$ which allows one to demonstrate simultaneously the irrationality of each of the zeta values, as well as to estimate from below certain linear…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-15 Simon Dauguet , Wadim Zudilin

We give a proof of the irrationality of the $p$-adic zeta-values $\zeta_p(k)$ for $p=2,3$ and $k=2,3$. Such results were recently obtained by F.Calegari as an application of overconvergent $p$-adic modular forms. In this paper we present an…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 F. Beukers

We prove that among 1 and the odd zeta values $\zeta(3)$, $\zeta(5)$, \ldots, $\zeta(s)$, at least $ 0.21 \sqrt{s}/\sqrt{\log s}$ are linearly independent over the rationals, for any sufficiently large odd integer $s$. This is the first…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Stéphane Fischler

We prove the new upper bound 5.095412 for the irrationality exponent of $\zeta(2)=\pi^2/6$; the earlier record bound 5.441243 was established in 1996 by G. Rhin and C. Viola.

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-08-19 Wadim Zudilin

We provide a lower bound for the dimension of the vector space spanned by 1 and by the values of the Riemann Zeta function at the first odd integers. As a consequence, the Zeta function takes infinitely many irrational values at odd…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2009-10-31 Tanguy Rivoal

In this paper, an elementary method to find the values of the Riemann Zeta function at even natural numbers, and to find values of a closely related series at odd natural numbers is presented. Another method, specifically for the evaluation…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2013-10-31 Dhrushil Badani

We study a family of mixed Tate motives over $\mathbb{Z}$ whose periods are linear forms in the zeta values $\zeta(n)$. They naturally include the Beukers-Rhin-Viola integrals for $\zeta(2)$ and the Ball-Rivoal linear forms in odd zeta…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Clément Dupont

The Ap\'ery polynomials and in particular their asymptotic behavior play an essential role in the understanding of the irrationality of \zeta(3). In this paper, we present a method to study the asymptotic behavior of the sequence of the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-07-02 Thorsten Neuschel

New (infinitely many) rational approximants to \zeta(3) proving its irrationality are given. The recurrence relations for the numerator and denominator of these approximants as well as their continued fraction expansions are obtained. A…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-05-01 J. Arvesú , A. Soria-Lorente

We show how one can use Hermite-Pad\'{e} approximation and little $q$-Jacobi polynomials to construct rational approximants for $\zeta_q(2)$. These numbers are $q$-analogues of the well known $\zeta(2)$. Here $q=\frac{1}{p}$, with $p$ an…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-05-13 Christophe Smet , Walter Van Assche

The knowledge on irrationality of p-adic zeta values has recently progressed. The irrationality of zeta_2(2), \zeta_2(3) and of a few other p-adic series of Dirichlet was obtained by F. Calegari. F. Beukers gave a more elementary proof of…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Pierre Bel

In this note we evaluate multiple integrals that play a crucial role in the theory of irrationality of zeta function

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2009-07-08 Nikos Bagis