 Irrationality of pi (source code)

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= Irrationality of pi
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Assuming $\pi=a/b$ and integrating a suitably normalized polynomial times $\sin x$ produces a positive integer that tends to zero as the polynomial degree grows. This contradiction proves that $\pi$ is an <irrational number>.

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