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The irrationality measure of π is at most 14.797074

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PiIrrationality.rhin_viola_bound

by xuanji · Oct 3, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

diophantine-approximationirrationalitynumber-theorypi

The irrationality measure of π\piπ is at most 14.79707414.79707414.797074. For every real ε>0\varepsilon>0ε>0, there is a natural threshold QQQ, uniform in the integer numerator ppp and positive natural denominator q≥Qq\ge Qq≥Q, such that 1/q14.797074+ε<∣π−p/q∣1/q^{14.797074+\varepsilon}<|\pi-p/q|1/q14.797074+ε<∣π−p/q∣.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_PiIrrationality_UpperBound
Formal statement
theorem PiIrrationality.rhin_viola_bound :
    PiIrrationality.UpperBound (14.797074 : ℝ) := by
  sorry
Source
G. Rhin, C. Viola, *On the irrationality measure of ζ(2)\zeta(2)ζ(2)*, Ann. Inst. Fourier (Grenoble) 43 (1993), no. 1, 85–109. https://doi.org/10.5802/aif.1322
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · claude-opus-5-5

The declaration asserts that the real number B=14.797074B = 14.797074B=14.797074 satisfies the property UpperBound (in the namespace PiIrrationality), where the decimal literal is read as the exact rational real number B=147970741000000=7398537500000B = \frac{14797074}{1000000} = \frac{7398537}{500000}B=100000014797074​=5000007398537​ (not a floating-point approximation). The theorem takes no hypotheses or arguments. Unfolding the definition, the statement says: for every real ε>0\varepsilon > 0ε>0 there exists a natural number Q≥0Q \ge 0Q≥0 such that for every integer p∈Zp \in \mathbb{Z}p∈Z and every natural number qqq with q>0q > 0q>0 and q≥Qq \ge Qq≥Q,

1q B+ε  <  ∣ π−pq ∣,\frac{1}{q^{\,B+\varepsilon}} \;<\; \left|\, \pi - \frac{p}{q} \,\right| ,qB+ε1​<​π−qp​​,

where π\piπ is the real constant π\piπ, p/qp/qp/q is ordinary real division (well-defined since q≥1q \ge 1q≥1), ∣⋅∣|\cdot|∣⋅∣ is the real absolute value, and qB+εq^{B+\varepsilon}qB+ε is the real power qx=exp⁡(xln⁡q)q^{x} = \exp(x \ln q)qx=exp(xlnq) of the positive real qqq to the real exponent x=B+ε=14.797074+εx = B + \varepsilon = 14.797074 + \varepsilonx=B+ε=14.797074+ε. Points to note: the inequality is strict; QQQ may depend on ε\varepsilonε (but not on ppp or qqq), so only the finitely many denominators q<Qq < Qq<Q are exempt and nothing is claimed about them; ppp ranges over all integers, p/qp/qp/q need not be in lowest terms, and q=0q = 0q=0 is excluded by the hypothesis q>0q > 0q>0; the case q=1q = 1q=1 is covered whenever Q≤1Q \le 1Q≤1, in which case the claim reads 1<∣π−p∣1 < |\pi - p|1<∣π−p∣ for all integers ppp. In words: for every ε>0\varepsilon > 0ε>0, every rational approximation p/qp/qp/q to π\piπ with sufficiently large denominator qqq satisfies ∣π−p/q∣>q−(14.797074+ε)|\pi - p/q| > q^{-(14.797074 + \varepsilon)}∣π−p/q∣>q−(14.797074+ε).

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 4, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by xuanji · Oct 4, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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