Is Euler-Mascheroni Constant Irrational?

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Open Question

It is not even known whether the Euler-Mascheroni constant $\gamma$ is irrational, let alone whether it is transcendental or not.


Progress

In $1977$ it was established by Richard Peirce Brent that if $\gamma$ is a rational number expressible as the ratio of two integers $\dfrac a b$, it would be necessary for $b$ to be greater than $10^{10 \, 000}$.

By $1980$ that lower limit had been raised, according to Brent in collaboration with Edwin M. McMillan, to $10^{15 \, 000}$.


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