\documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{lmodern,amsmath,amssymb,amsthm,mathtools,booktabs,microtype} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage[colorlinks=true,linkcolor=blue,citecolor=blue,urlcolor=blue]{hyperref} \hypersetup{pdftitle={At least one of beta(4), beta(6), ..., beta(32) is irrational}, pdfauthor={twinheterodox},pdfsubject={An isolated-pole denominator refinement for even Dirichlet beta values}} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \newtheorem{proposition}[theorem]{Proposition} \newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma} \theoremstyle{definition} \newtheorem{example}[theorem]{Example} \newcommand{\Q}{\mathbb Q} \newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb Z} \newcommand{\R}{\mathbb R} \newcommand{\vp}{v_p} \newcommand{\ind}{\mathbf 1} \newcommand{\ssum}{\mathop{\sum}} \numberwithin{equation}{section} \title{At least one of $\beta(4),\beta(6),\ldots,\beta(32)$ is irrational} \author{twinheterodox\\[2pt]\normalsize Prepared with Codex} \date{11 November 2026} \begin{document} \maketitle \begin{abstract} For the Dirichlet beta function, we prove that at least one of $\beta(4),\beta(6),\ldots,\beta(32)$ is irrational. This reduces Krisman's seventeen-value set $\beta(4),\beta(6),\ldots,\beta(36)$ \cite{krisman} to fifteen values. The improvement comes from a sharper denominator estimate for his construction. \end{abstract} \input{paper/sections/01-introduction} \input{paper/sections/02-forms} \input{paper/sections/03-denominators} \input{paper/sections/04-decay} \input{paper/sections/05-nonvanishing} \input{paper/sections/06-computations} \appendix \input{paper/sections/appendix-small-primes} \input{paper/sections/references} \end{document}