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Relations between values of arithmetic Gevrey series, and applications to values of the Gamma function

Number Theory 2025-07-14 v1

Abstract

We investigate the relations between the rings E{\bf E}, G{\bf G} and D{\bf D} of values taken at algebraic points by arithmetic Gevrey series of order either 1-1 (EE-functions), 00 (analytic continuations of GG-functions) or 11 (renormalization of divergent series solutions at \infty of EE-operators) respectively. We prove in particular that any element of G{\bf G} can be written as multivariate polynomial with algebraic coefficients in elements of E{\bf E} and D{\bf D}, and is the limit at infinity of some EE-function along some direction. This prompts to defining and studying the notion of mixed functions, which generalizes simultaneously EE-functions and arithmetic Gevrey series of order 1. Using natural conjectures for arithmetic Gevrey series of order 1 and mixed functions (which are analogues of a theorem of Andr\'e and Beukers for EE-functions) and the conjecture DE=Q{\bf D}\cap{\bf E}=\overline{\mathbb Q} (but not necessarily all these conjectures at the same time), we deduce a number of interesting Diophantine results such as an analogue for mixed functions of Beukers' linear independence theorem for values of EE-functions, the transcendance of the values of the Gamma function and its derivatives at all non-integral algebraic numbers, the transcendance of Gompertz constant as well as the fact that Euler's constant is not in E{\bf E}.

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@article{arxiv.2301.13518,
  title  = {Relations between values of arithmetic Gevrey series, and applications to values of the Gamma function},
  author = {Stéphane Fischler and Tanguy Rivoal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.13518},
  year   = {2025}
}

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18 pages