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Applications of differential algebra to algebraic independence of arithmetic functions

Number Theory 2017-01-18 v3

Abstract

We generalize and unify the proofs of several results on algebraic in- dependence of arithmetic functions and Dirichlet series by a theorem of Ax on differential Schanuel conjecture. Along the way, we find counter-examples to some results in the literature.

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@article{arxiv.1504.03263,
  title  = {Applications of differential algebra to algebraic independence of arithmetic functions},
  author = {Wai Yan Pong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.03263},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

(v.2) General improvements on the presentation. Corrected some mistakes in the proof of Theorem~5.5 in the first version. (v.3) Added an addendum showing that the assumption on continuity of derivations (with respect to the norm topology) of our results can be dropped