Roger Apéry

Roger Apéry (November 14 1916 ? December 18 1994) was a French mathematician most remembered for Apéry's theorem, to the effect that ?(3) is an irrational number where ? denotes the Riemann zeta function.

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November 14 - 1916 - December 18 - 1994 - French - Apéry's theorem - Irrational number - Riemann zeta function

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He was born in Rouen in 1916, taught at the University of Caen, and died after a long illness in 1994.

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Rouen - 1916 - University of Caen - 1994

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In 1977, he stunned the mathematical world with his unexpected proof of the irrationality of the sum of the inverse of the cubes of integers. Until that time, despite a distinguished career, he had enjoyed calling himself "the worst mathematician in France" because no single famous theorem bore his name.

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1977 - Integer - Theorem

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