Ramanujan's constant

English

Etymology

Named after Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920).

Proper noun

Ramanujan 's constant

(mathematics) The transcendental number $e^{\pi {\sqrt {163}}}$ , an almost integer, discovered in 1859 by mathematician Charles Hermite.

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