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A fascinating aspect of numbers is that a given number may appear in many different contexts, to this respect numbers such as e, π,... are certainly remarkable. Let’s recall once more time how the couple of numbers (π, Г(1/4)), for example, is related to elliptic and modular functions.
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(2001). Some remarks on proofs of algebraic independence. In: Nesterenko, Y.V., Philippon, P. (eds) Introduction to Algebraic Independence Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1752. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44550-1_4
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