Numbers Which May or May Not Be Transcendental
Numbers which have neither been proven algebraic nor proven transcendental:
- Sums, products, powers, etc. of the number π and the number e, except for eπ (Gelfond's constant), which is known to be transcendental: π + e, π − e, π·e, π/e, ππ, ee, πe.
- The Euler–Mascheroni constant γ (which has not been proven to be irrational).
- Catalan's constant, also not known to be irrational.
- Apéry's constant, ζ(3) (which Apéry proved is irrational)
- The Riemann zeta function at other odd integers, ζ(5), ζ(7), ... (not known to be irrational.)
- The Feigenbaum constants, and .
Conjectures:
- Schanuel's conjecture,
- Four exponentials conjecture.
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