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1974 Putnam
B3
Putnam 1974 B3
Putnam 1974 B3
Source: Putnam 1974
May 28, 2022
Putnam
irrational
cosine
Problem Statement
Prove that if
a
a
a
is a real number such that
cos
π
a
=
1
3
,
\cos \pi a= \frac{1}{3},
cos
πa
=
3
1
,
then
a
a
a
is irrational.
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