Transcendental Numbers;Annals of Mathematics Studies (Annals of Mathematics Studies, 16)

This booklet reproduces with slight changes a course of lectures delivered in Princeton during the Spring term 1946 It would be misleading to call it a theory of transcendental numbers, our knowledge concerning transcendental numbers being narrowly restricted. The text deals with a few special transcendency problems of some interest, but it is more than a mere collection of scattered examples, since it involves a method which might be useful in the search of more general results. Carl Ludwig Siegel. April, 1949 Princeton, New Jersey. Carl Ludwig Siegel's classic treatment of transcendental numbers from the acclaimed Annals of Mathematics Studies seriesPrinceton University Press is proud to have published the Annals of Mathematics Studies since 1940. One of the oldest and most respected series in science publishing, it has included many of the most important and influential mathematical works of the twentieth century. The series continues this tradition as Princeton University Press publishes the major works of the twenty-first century.To mark the continued success of the series, all books are available in paperback and as ebooks. The description for this book, Transcendental Numbers. (AM-16), will be forthcoming.