Statement
The conjecture is as follows:
- Given any n complex numbers z1,...,zn which are linearly independent over the rational numbers Q, the extension field Q(z1,...,zn, exp(z1),...,exp(zn)) has transcendence degree of at least n over Q.
The conjecture can be found in Lang (1966).
Read more about this topic: Schanuel's Conjecture
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