Definition:Gelfond-Schneider Constant/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Gelfond-Schneider Constant
The Gelfond-Schneider constant arises in the context of the $7$th problem of the Hilbert $23$.
It had been proved transcendental in $1930$ by Rodion Osievich Kuzmin.
However, as a result of the work done by Alexander Osipovich Gelfond and Theodor Schneider in $\text {1934}$ – $\text {1935}$, it could be shown to be a trivial application of the Gelfond-Schneider Theorem.
Hence the name of this constant.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $2 \cdotp 665 \, 144 \ldots$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $2 \cdotp 66514 \, 4 \ldots$