Apéry's constant

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The number $\backslash zeta(3)=\backslash sum\_\{n=1\}^\backslash infty\; \backslash frac\{1\}\{n^3\}$, where is the Riemann zeta function, with a value of approximately 1.2020569…

Origin

• Named after French mathematician Roger Apéry who proved in 1978 that it is an irrational number.