Champernowne Constant is Transcendental/Historical Note

Historical Note on Champernowne Constant is Transcendental

The transcendental nature of the Champernowne constant was demonstrated by Kurt Mahler in 1937: Arithmetische Eigenschaften einer Klasse von Dezimalbrüchen (Proc. Konin. Neder. Akad. Wet. Ser. A Vol. 40: pp. 421 – 428).


Sources

  • 1937: Kurt Mahler: Arithmetische Eigenschaften einer Klasse von Dezimalbrüchen (Proc. Konin. Neder. Akad. Wet. Ser. A Vol. 40: pp. 421 – 428)
  • 1983: François Le Lionnais and Jean Brette: Les Nombres Remarquables ... (previous) ... (next): $0,1234567891011 \ldots$
  • 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $0 \cdotp 12345 \, 67891 \, 01112 \, 13141 \, 51617 \, 18192 \, 02122 \ldots$
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