Journal of Symbolic Logic

A Schanuel condition for Weierstrass equations

Jonathan Kirby

Abstract

I prove a version of Schanuel's conjecture for Weierstrass equations in differential fields, answering a question of Zilber, and show that the linear independence condition in the statement cannot be relaxed.

Article information

Source
J. Symbolic Logic Volume 70, Issue 2 (2005), 631-638.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 1 July 2005

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jsl/1120224732

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2178/jsl/1120224732

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2140050

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1077.03018

Subjects

Citation

Kirby, Jonathan. A Schanuel condition for Weierstrass equations. J. Symbolic Logic 70 (2005), no. 2, 631--638. doi:10.2178/jsl/1120224732. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jsl/1120224732.

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