This text introduces transcendental numbers, focusing on the Schneider-Lang theorem; Baker’s theorem and its applications to the transcendence of special values of L-series; elliptic curve theory; the emerging theory of multiple zeta values and more.

This text introduces transcendental numbers, focusing on the Schneider-Lang theorem; Baker’s theorem and its applications to the transcendence of special values of L-series; elliptic curve theory; the emerging theory of multiple zeta values and more.