Pi
In Our Time: Science
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The Nature of Numbers
Mathematicians are exploring the nature of numbers, and they're beginning to realise that it's a real Pandora's box. And pi is sitting there as a kind of peak in the mathematical landscape. It's a Mount Everest of numbers. You suspect all sorts of interesting things about it,. The challenge to the mathematician is to climb the mountain, it's to prove that you're right. Lindemann's work is the culmination of a long series.
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