Specific Question
I know that $2^{\sqrt2}$ and $\pi$ are each transcendental. But is it known that their product or sum are also transcendental?
Exposition
Schanuel's conjecture is a strengthening of the Lindemann-Weierstrass-theorem. It states
If $\lambda_1,\cdots \lambda_n$ are complex numbers linearly independent over $\mathbb Q$, then $$\mathbb Q(\lambda_1,\cdots \lambda_n,e^{\lambda_1},\cdots ,e^{\lambda_n})$$ has transcendental degree at least $n$ over $\mathbb Q$
Some useful information would be:
- Is Schanuel's conjecture sufficient to establish that the sum and product are transcendental?
- If we don't assume Schanuel's conjecture, is this still open question?
- If it is still open, is there any partial progress towards this result?