nLab Gelfond's theorem

If aa is an algebraic number different from 00 or 11, and bb irrational, then a ba^b is transcendental (in particular irrational).

  • A. O. Gelfond?, Transcendental and algebraic numbers, Dover Publications, New York 1960, translation from 1st Russian edition by Leo F. Boron.

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