In mathematics, specifically transcendence theory, Schanuel's conjecture is a conjecture made by Stephen Schanuel in the 1960s concerning the transcendence degree of certain field extensions of the rational numbers.
Read more about Schanuel's Conjecture: Statement, Consequences, Related Conjectures and Results, Zilber's Pseudo-exponentiation
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