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Irrational number

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:31 am
by Tolaso J Kos
$\newcommand{\lcm}{{\rm lcm}}$ Let $\lcm$ denote the least common divisor. Prove that the number:

$$\mathcal{I}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{\lcm (1, 2, \dots, n)}$$

is irrational.