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Rational approximations to π and some other numbers

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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Yoshida College, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan

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Acta Arithmetica
1993/63/4
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Pages:
335-349
Main language of publication
English
Received
1992-03-03
Accepted
1992-10-27
Published
1993
Exact and natural sciences