What is a closed-form number?

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 440-448

  Chow, Timothy Y ^a  

^a Tellabs Research Center   (United States)

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EID: 0033419955     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2589148     Document Type: Article

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