Mahler's bound: the irrationality measure of π is at most 42
ProvedPiIrrationality.mahler_42diophantine-approximationirrationalitynumber-theorypi
The irrationality measure of is at most . Explicitly, for every real , there exists such that for every and every with and ,
This is the epsilon upper-bound consequence of Mahler (1953), Theorem 1. The mathematical result is known; this mission leaves its Lean proof open.
Preamble
import Definitions.Def_PiIrrationality_UpperBound
Formal statement
theorem PiIrrationality.mahler_42 :
PiIrrationality.UpperBound (42 : ℝ) := by
sorrySource
K. Mahler, On the approximation of π, Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. Proc. Ser. A 56 = Indag. Math. 15 (1953), 30–42, Theorem 1, original p. 33. Reprint: https://content.ems.press/assets/public/full-texts/books/252/chapters/online-pdf/252-chapter-4986.pdf . Campaign formulation and historical 42 milestone: https://teorth.github.io/optimizationproblems/constants/7a.html . The goal is the epsilon upper-bound consequence, not the full uniform theorem.
Human review
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