Number theory Diophantine approximation and transcendence Conjecture
Schanuel's conjecture
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Statement
Let be complex numbers that are linearly independent over . Then the field has transcendence degree at least over . Here is the complex exponential. The transcendence degree of a field is the largest number of elements of that are algebraically independent over .
Remarks
The conjecture is open. The case is known: if , then or is transcendental, which is the Hermite–Lindemann theorem. If are algebraic, the conjecture gives the Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem, which is proved. With and , it would imply that and are algebraically independent; it is not even known whether is irrational. It would also imply the Gelfond–Schneider theorem and Baker's theorem, and even that -linearly independent logarithms of algebraic numbers are algebraically independent.
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- Complex exponential concept
- Linear independence concept
- Transcendental number concept
- Schanuel's conjecture conjecture
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| MSC | 11J81, 11J85 |
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| Changed | 2 November 2026 |
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