On the arithmetic nature of the values of the gamma function, Euler's constant, and Gompertz's constant

DOI10.1307/mmj/1339011525zbMath1288.11073OpenAlexW2022147688MaRDI QIDQ1940057

Tanguy Rivoal

Publication date: 5 March 2013

Published in: Michigan Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.mmj/1339011525

zbMATH Keywords

irrationality measuretranscendenceGamma functionalgebraic independencePadé approximantEuler constant\(E\)-functionGompertz constantShidlovskiĭ's theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gamma, beta and polygamma functions (33B15) Transcendence theory of other special functions (11J91) Measures of irrationality and of transcendence (11J82) Simultaneous homogeneous approximation, linear forms (11J13)

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