Comment by auggierose
5 hours ago
You are not picky, you just don't understand my point.
"Fifteen Most Famous Transcendental Numbers" is indeed not the same as "Fifteen Most Famous Numbers that are known to be transcendental". It is also not the same as "Fifteen Most Famous Numbers that have been proven to be transcendental". Instead, it is the same as "Fifteen Most Famous Numbers that are transcendental".
That's math for you.
Again, it seems we are arguing because of our subjective differences in the title correctness and rigor. Personally, I would not expect such title even from a pop-math type article. At least it should be more obvious from the title.
"Transcendental" or even "irrational" isn't a vibesy category like "mysterious" or "beautiful", it's a hard mathematical property. So a headline that flatly labels a number "transcendental" while simultaneously admitting "not even proven" inside the article, looks more like a clickbait.