Some results on algebraic independence (Q5904067)

The author gives a survey on recent algebraic independence results. The main part of this paper is devoted to Nesterenko's result on algebraic independence of values of Eisenstein series \(P\), \(Q\), \(R\): for any \(q\in\mathbb C\) with \(0<| q| <1\) the transcendence degree over \(\mathbb Q\) of the field \(\mathbb Q(q,P(q),Q(q),R(q))\) is at least \(3\) [\textit{Yu. V. Nesterenko}, Sb. Math. 187, No. 9, 1319-1348 (1996); translation from Mat. Sb. 187, No. 9, 65-96 (1996; Zbl 0898.11031)]. The last section includes a criterion for algebraic independence of P. Philippon in connection with a conjecture on simultaneous diophantine approximation occuring in recent works on this topic by D. Roy and his collaborators.