On the Algebraic Independence of a Set of Generalized Constants
Number Theory
2025-08-26 v3 Classical Analysis and ODEs
Complex Variables
Abstract
Neither the Euler-Mascheroni constant, , nor the Euler-Gompertz constant, , is currently known to be irrational. However, it has been proved that these two numbers are disjunctively transcendental; that is, at least one of them must be transcendental. The two constants are related through a well-known equation of Hardy, which recently has been generalized to a pair of infinite sequences based on moments of the Gumbel(0,1) probability distribution. In the present work, we demonstrate the algebraic independence of the set , and thus the transcendence of for all . This further implies the disjunctive transcendence of both pairs and for all .
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@article{arxiv.2508.12123,
title = {On the Algebraic Independence of a Set of Generalized Constants},
author = {Michael R. Powers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.12123},
year = {2025}
}