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TLDR;

AI machine called: Ramanujan Machine.

Attempts at finding formula. Tries to determine whether the following constants are "irrational" or "rational" number.

Constants mentioned: Catalan’s constant, Apery’s constant

Unrelated: I never heard of the above 2 constants before. Although, I have met someone who speaks Catalan and from Catalonia.




That names comes from the Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan.




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