2022/101/3-4 (7)
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DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2022.9252
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pp. 353-372
At least two of $\zeta(5),\zeta(7),\ldots,\zeta(35)$ are irrational
Abstract:
Let $\zeta(s)$ be the Riemann zeta function. We prove the statement in the title, which improves a recent result of Rivoal and Zudilin by lowering $69$ to $35$. We also show that at least one of $\beta(2),\beta(4),\ldots,\beta(10)$ is irrational, where $\beta(s) = L(s,\chi_4)$ and $\chi_4$ is the Dirichlet character with conductor $4$. So $\beta(2)$ is Catalan's constant.
Keywords: irrationality, zeta values, hypergeometric series
Mathematics Subject Classification: 11J72, 11M06, 33C20
