Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in
Menu
Find a journal Publish with us Track your research
Search
Cart
  1. Home
  2. The Mathematical Intelligencer
  3. Article

A proof that Euler missed ...

Apéry’s Proof of the irrationality of ζ(3)

An informal report

  • Articles
  • Published: December 1979
  • Volume 1, pages 195–203, (1979)
  • Cite this article
Download PDF

Access provided by Institution of Civil Engineers Library

The Mathematical Intelligencer Aims and scope Submit manuscript
A proof that Euler missed ...
Download PDF
  • Alfred van der Poorten1 &
  • R. Apéry2 
  • 1465 Accesses

  • 253 Citations

  • 29 Altmetric

  • 2 Mentions

  • Explore all metrics

Article PDF

Download to read the full article text

Use our pre-submission checklist

Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Mathematics and Physics, Macquarie University North Ryde, New South Wales, 2113, Australia

    Alfred van der Poorten

  2. Département de Mathematiques et de Mécanique, Université de Caen, Australia

    R. Apéry

Authors
  1. Alfred van der Poorten
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. Apéry
    View author publications

    Search author on:PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

van der Poorten, A., Apéry, R. A proof that Euler missed .... The Mathematical Intelligencer 1, 195–203 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03028234

Download citation

  • Issue date: December 1979

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03028234

Share this article

Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:

Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article.

Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

Keywords

  • Bernoulli Number
  • Continue Fraction Expansion
  • Carus
  • Hypergeometric Polynomial
  • Rearrangement Algorithm
Use our pre-submission checklist

Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.

Advertisement

Search

Navigation

  • Find a journal
  • Publish with us
  • Track your research

Discover content

  • Journals A-Z
  • Books A-Z

Publish with us

  • Journal finder
  • Publish your research
  • Language editing
  • Open access publishing

Products and services

  • Our products
  • Librarians
  • Societies
  • Partners and advertisers

Our brands

  • Springer
  • Nature Portfolio
  • BMC
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Apress
  • Discover
  • Your US state privacy rights
  • Accessibility statement
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Help and support
  • Legal notice
  • Cancel contracts here

172.70.80.62

ICE Institution of Civil Engineers (3000167333) - Institution of Civil Engineers Library (2000027800)

Springer Nature

© 2025 Springer Nature