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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Catalan's constant is irrational · HackerPapers discussions</title><link>https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2609.04176/</link><description>Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2609.04176/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>Catalan's constant is irrational — mentioned by nhatcher</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49992020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:mention:2609.04176:49992020</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:47:26 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Catalan&amp;#x27;s constant is irrational!!! That is a big one. Exciting times to be alive. Regrettably I can&amp;#x27;t understand the proof at this point. There was a (flawed) proof submitted a month back: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.04176 I wonder if it gave part of the inspiration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2609.04176/"&gt;Paper and discussion history&lt;/a&gt;. A mention is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>math.GM</category></item><item><title>Catalan's constant is irrational — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49776865</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:2609.04176:49776865</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:32:27 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Catalan&amp;#x27;s constant is irrational (proof with the help of AI)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2609.04176/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>math.GM</category></item><item><title>Catalan's constant is irrational — HN submission</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560333</link><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:hackerpapers:submission:2609.04176:49560333</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 03:52:39 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;p&gt;Catalan&amp;#x27;s Constant Is Irrational&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3 points; 1 discussion reply on HN. &lt;a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2609.04176/"&gt;Paper and source history&lt;/a&gt;. A submission is not an endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;</description><category>math.GM</category></item></channel></rss>
