# Analytic Number Theory: Hypergeometric Functions and Irrationality Measures

@inproceedings{Viola1997AnalyticNT,
title={Analytic Number Theory: Hypergeometric Functions and Irrationality Measures},
author={Carlo Viola},
year={1997}
}
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