Beuker’s [2] considers the following integral ∫01∫011−xy−logxyPn(x)Pn(y)dxdyIf dn=LCM(1,2,...,n), then 0<dn3∣An+Bnζ(3)∣<2(2−1)4nζ(3) for some An,Bn∈Z. We establish that if Apery’s constant is algebraic then the above inequality fails to be true. This proves that ζ(3) is