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Rational approximations to e

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

C. S. Davis
C. S. Davis
Affiliation:
University of QueenslandSt. Lucia Brisbane
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Abstract

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The greatest lower bound (in fact, ½) is found of constants k such that for an infinity of rationals p/q.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , June 1978 , pp. 497 - 502
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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