Joint distribution of leftmost digits in positional notation and Schanuels's conjecture
Number Theory
2026-03-12 v2
Abstract
Assume that and has distince integer entries For let where is the leftmost digit in the base- positional notation representation of We prove that if is surjective, then and are rationally independent whenever We prove the converse for and for if is algebraically independent, a condition implied by Schanuel's conjecture about transcendental numbers.
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@article{arxiv.2603.03110,
title = {Joint distribution of leftmost digits in positional notation and Schanuels's conjecture},
author = {Wayne M Lawton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.03110},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
3 pages An error was corrected by changing Proposition 1 to: Conjecture 1 implies conjecture 2