Talk page
Title:
Apery, irrationality proofs and dinner parties
Speaker:
Abstract:
After introducing an elementary criterion for a real number to be irrational, I will discuss Apery's famous result proving the irrationality of \(\zeta(3)\). Then I will give an overview of subsequent results in this field, and finally propose a simple geometric interpretation based on a classical dinner party game. The talk is intended for a general mathematical audience.
Link: