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number pi Liouville number Gelfond’s theorem e amicable numbers transfinite number Fibonacci sequence large numbers golden ratio perfect number real number prime irrational number algebraic number

Key People

Joseph Liouville

French mathematician

Ferdinand von Lindemann

German mathematician

Aleksandr Osipovich Gelfond

Russian mathematician

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