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  • '''Pi''' is an [[irrational number]] (in fact, [[transcendental number]], as proved by Lindemann in 1882) denoted by the Greek letter <math>\pi </ ...cle]] to its [[diameter]]. It is approximately equal to 3.141592653. The number pi is one of the most important [[constant]]s in all of mathematics and app
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  • ...s too well, or, more precisely, that <math>x</math> is not a [[Liouvillian number]], i.e., that for some power <math>M<+\infty</math>, the [[inequality]] <ma ...the main theorem in this article is fitted to the Beukers proof of the non-Liouvillian character of <math>\pi</math>, but the general spirit of all such theorems
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