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arxiv: 1804.09922 · v2 · pith:QPNIOWTXnew · submitted 2018-04-26 · 🧮 math.NT · math.CA· math.CO

Arithmetic of Catalan's constant and its relatives

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We prove that at least one of the six numbers $\beta(2i)$ for $i=1,\dots,6$ is irrational. Here $\beta(s)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty(-1)^k(2k+1)^{-s}$ denotes Dirichlet's beta function, so that $\beta(2)$ is Catalan's constant.

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