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In 1900 Hilbert raised the problem of algebraic-differential independence of functions given by the Dirichlet series. He noted that algebraic-differential independence of the Riemann zeta-function \(\zeta(s)\) can be deduced from the functional equation for \(\zeta(s)\) and the algebraic-differential independence of the gamma-function \(\Gamma(s)\). Since the times of Hilbert many results were obtained on this subject. The authors use methods from probabilistic number theory to prove results on the Lerch zeta-function \[ L(\lambda,\alpha,s):=\sum_{m=0}^\infty e^{2\pi i\lambda m}(m+\alpha)^{-s} \quad(0<\alpha\leq 1,\;0<\lambda<1), \] which is one of many classical generalizations of \(\zeta(s)\). They prove two interesting theorems, of which the first states the following. Let \(N\) be a natural number, let \(\alpha\) be transcendental, and let \(F_\ell\) (\(\ell=0,1,\ldots,n\)) be continuous functions such that for all \(s\) we have \[ \sum_{\ell=0}^n s^\ell F_\ell\left(L(\lambda,\alpha,s), L'(\lambda,\alpha,s),\ldots,L^{(N-1)}(\lambda,\alpha,s)\right)=0. \] Then \(F_\ell\equiv 0\) for \(\ell=0,1,\ldots,n\).