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Direct Proof of the Irrationality of e
Since e is generally proved to be irrational by contradiction, I wanted to write a proof that directly shows it cannot be rational. When I presented this to Claude it took some cajoling for it to say the proof was correct, and it was unable to find a similar/direct proof, so if my logic isn't clear or has errors I would appreciate any critiques and am interested if anyone has encountered a direct proof like this one.
u/King0fTurtles — 8 days ago