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The Schanuel Subset Conjecture implies Gelfond's Power Tower Conjecture

Number Theory 2013-11-27 v2

Abstract

As an alternative to the famous Schanuel's Conjecture (SC), we introduce the Schanuel Subset Conjecture (SSC): Given α1,...,αnC\alpha_1,...,\alpha_n\in \mathbb{C} linearly independent over Q\mathbb{Q}, if {α1,...,αn,eα1,...,eαn}\{\alpha_1,...,\alpha_n, e^{\alpha_1},...,e^{\alpha_n}\} is Q\overline{\mathbb{Q}}-dependent on a subset {β1,...,βn}\{\beta_1,...,\beta_n\}, then β1,...,βn\beta_1,...,\beta_n are algebraically independent}. (A set XCX\subset \mathbb{C} is called Q\overline{\mathbb{Q}}-dependent on YCY\subset \mathbb{C} if Q(X)Q(Y)\overline{\mathbb{Q}}(X) \subset \overline{\mathbb{Q}}(Y).) We discuss whether SC is equivalent to the a priori weaker SSC. Assuming SSC, we give conditional proofs of Gelfond's Power Tower Conjecture and of two other results.

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@article{arxiv.1212.6931,
  title  = {The Schanuel Subset Conjecture implies Gelfond's Power Tower Conjecture},
  author = {Diego Marques and Jonathan Sondow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.6931},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

9 pages, added Proposition 1 proving that SSC implies SC for $n=2$

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