From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!zeppo!whuxlb!thf
Newsgroups: net.math
Title: Integer PI and E
Article-I.D.: whuxlb.382
Posted: Thu Aug  5 21:57:46 1982
Received: Sun Aug  8 06:26:27 1982


The Hermite-Lindemann theorem says that if a is algebraic
over the rationals and not 0, then exp(a) is transcendental.
Hence, 2*pi*i/e is transcendental and so is pi/e.
If pi and e were integers in some number system, then
pi/e would have to be rational, a contradiction.

	Tom Foregger, BTL WH x2358