Question

where can i find a proof that pi /e is transcendental

Answer 1

i.e pi or e

Answer 2

Oh.... So you want a proof that pi is transcendental and/or a proof that e is transcendental. That's a little easier.

Answer 3

yes didnt mean pi over e

Answer 4

thought you were gone for 2 wks. KG

Answer 5

Basically, it was first discovered using this theorem. This is another thing I don't have the sufficient background knowledge to understand, but it is how it was originally proved. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindemann%E2%80%93Weierstrass_theorem

Answer 6

I'm not completely gone, just very busy.

Answer 7

great /tx

Answer 8

In the book "Abstract Algebra" whose autor is I. N. Herstein. I remember in the chapter 5 "Fields" it's proved that "e" is transcendental.

Answer 9

easier to prove e or pi is irrational than transc.

Answer 10

It's far easier to prove irrationality than transcendentality.