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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ii Paper 4 2G b Solution by
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Choose a subsequence so sparse thatfor every ; this is possible because the tails of the convergent positive series tend to zero. Distinct binary sequences then have distinct sums : at their first disagreement, the corresponding term exceeds the entire remaining tail. Thus these subsums form an uncountable set. The algebraic numbers are countable, so at least one subsum is transcendental. Set and all other .
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