%0 Journal Article %T Formalizing a Proof that e is Transcendental %A Jesse Bingham %J Journal of Formalized Reasoning %D 2011 %I University of Bologna %X We describe a HOL Light formalization of Hermite's proof that the base of the natural logarithm e is transcendental.This is the first time a proof of this fact has been formalized in a theorem prover. %U http://jfr.cib.unibo.it/article/view/2269/1749