Date and Time: Saturday, 21 November, 02.30pm
Speaker: Sakshi
Title: Lambert's proof of irrationality of pi
Abstract: In the 1760s, Johann Heinrich Lambert proved that the number (pi) is irrational. It was the
very first proof of irrationality of pi and was proved using the continued fraction expression of tan X. This
talk includes a brief introduction to continued fractions and focuses on a simplified version of Lambert's proof given by M. Laczkovich in 1997.
Google Meet Link:
https://meet.google.com/hsf-yhwu-eaf