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Irrationality Sequence

A sequence of Positive Integers $\{a_n\}$ such that $\sum 1/(a_nb_n)$ is Irrational for all integer sequences $\{b_n\}$. Erdös showed that $\{2^{2^n}\}$ is an irrationality sequence.


References

Guy, R. K. ``Irrationality Sequence.'' §E24 in Unsolved Problems in Number Theory, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 225, 1994.




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