Making Transcendence Transparent

While the study of transcendental numbers is a fundamental pursuit within number theory, the general mathematics community is familiar only with its most elemen... » 

While the study of transcendental numbers is a fundamental pursuit within number theory, the general mathematics community is familiar only with its most elementary results. The aim of this book is to introduce readers to the major classical results and themes of transcendental number theory and to provide an intuitive framework in which the basic principles and tools of transcendence can be understood. The text includes not just the myriad of technical details requisite for transcendence proofs, but also intuitive overviews of the central ideas of those arguments so that readers can appreciate and enjoy a panoramic view of transcendence. «