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ℒ itself has all the Theorem D properties, and Diaz's conjecture holds exactly when no non-zero element of ℒ has algebraic modulus

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DiazModulus.span_logAlg_theorem_D_properties

by carlok · Oct 18, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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Here L\mathcal{L}L is the set of logarithms of algebraic numbers (the z∈Cz \in \mathbb{C}z∈C with eze^zez algebraic), and L~\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L is the Q‾\overline{\mathbb{Q}}Q​-vector space spanned by 111 and L\mathcal{L}L. Let L=spanQ(L)L = \mathrm{span}_{\mathbb{Q}}(\mathcal{L})L=spanQ​(L) and L~=spanQ‾({1}∪L)\widetilde L = \mathrm{span}_{\overline{\mathbb{Q}}}(\{1\} \cup L)L=spanQ​​({1}∪L). Then Diaz's conjecture (DiazModulus.DiazModulusConjecture: eue^ueu is transcendental for every u≠0u \neq 0u=0 with ∣u∣|u|∣u∣ algebraic) holds if and only if no u∈Lu \in Lu∈L with u≠0u \neq 0u=0 has ∣u∣|u|∣u∣ algebraic, and LLL has the following properties:

  • (conjugation) zˉ∈L\bar z \in Lzˉ∈L for every z∈Lz \in Lz∈L;
  • (Baker) if n≥0n \geq 0n≥0, l1,…,ln∈Ll_1, \dots, l_n \in Ll1​,…,ln​∈L are linearly independent over Q\mathbb{Q}Q, and b0,b1,…,bnb_0, b_1, \dots, b_nb0​,b1​,…,bn​ are algebraic numbers, not all zero, then b0+∑i=1nbili≠0b_0 + \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_il_i \neq 0b0​+∑i=1n​bi​li​=0;
  • (Hermite–Lindemann) every algebraic z∈Lz \in Lz∈L is 000;
  • (Gel'fond–Schneider) if l0≠0l_0 \neq 0l0​=0 and βl0\beta l_0βl0​ both lie in LLL and β\betaβ is algebraic, then β∈Q\beta \in \mathbb{Q}β∈Q;
  • (Roy, relative to L~\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L) if no x1,x2x_1, x_2x1​,x2​, linearly independent over Q‾\overline{\mathbb{Q}}Q​, and y1,y2,y3y_1, y_2, y_3y1​,y2​,y3​, linearly independent over Q‾\overline{\mathbb{Q}}Q​, have all six products xiyjx_iy_jxi​yj​ in L~\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L, then no such families have all six products in L~\widetilde LL;
  • (six exponentials) no x1,x2∈Cx_1, x_2 \in \mathbb{C}x1​,x2​∈C, linearly independent over Q\mathbb{Q}Q, and y1,y2,y3∈Cy_1, y_2, y_3 \in \mathbb{C}y1​,y2​,y3​∈C, linearly independent over Q\mathbb{Q}Q, have all six products xiyjx_iy_jxi​yj​ in LLL;
  • (four exponentials in transcendence degree one) if ℓ11,ℓ12,ℓ21,ℓ22∈L\ell_{11}, \ell_{12}, \ell_{21}, \ell_{22} \in Lℓ11​,ℓ12​,ℓ21​,ℓ22​∈L are non-zero, ℓ11ℓ22=ℓ12ℓ21\ell_{11}\ell_{22} = \ell_{12}\ell_{21}ℓ11​ℓ22​=ℓ12​ℓ21​, and the Q\mathbb{Q}Q-algebra they generate has transcendence degree at most 111 over Q\mathbb{Q}Q, then there are a,b∈Qa, b \in \mathbb{Q}a,b∈Q, not both zero, with aℓ11+bℓ21=aℓ12+bℓ22=0a\ell_{11} + b\ell_{21} = a\ell_{12} + b\ell_{22} = 0aℓ11​+bℓ21​=aℓ12​+bℓ22​=0 (the rows of the matrix (ℓij)(\ell_{ij})(ℓij​) are linearly dependent over Q\mathbb{Q}Q), or with aℓ11+bℓ12=aℓ21+bℓ22=0a\ell_{11} + b\ell_{12} = a\ell_{21} + b\ell_{22} = 0aℓ11​+bℓ12​=aℓ21​+bℓ22​=0 (its columns are).

Since L\mathcal{L}L is a Q\mathbb{Q}Q-vector space, L=LL = \mathcal{L}L=L and L~=L~\widetilde L = \widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L=L. The Roy clause is an implication: Roy's strong six exponentials theorem for L~\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L (Roy 1992, Cor. 2) is its hypothesis, not a hypothesis of the node, so the statement is unconditional.

What it means. DiazModulus.span_logAlg_theorem_D_properties shows that L\mathcal{L}L itself has these properties and that Diaz's conjecture says exactly that no non-zero element of L\mathcal{L}L has algebraic modulus, while DiazModulus.theorem_D_barrier gives a Q\mathbb{Q}Q-space L′⊇LL' \supseteq \mathcal{L}L′⊇L with the same properties that does contain such an element. So the listed properties, as axioms about (L,L~)(\mathcal{L}, \widetilde{\mathcal{L}})(L,L) (with Roy's theorem for L~\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L supplying the hypothesis of the Roy clause), do not prove Diaz's conjecture: an argument from them alone would apply to L′L'L′ and its Q‾\overline{\mathbb{Q}}Q​-span with 111 as well. Here a candidate for L′L'L′ means a non-zero u∈L′u \in L'u∈L′ with ∣u∣|u|∣u∣ algebraic; it is not DiazModulus.IsCandidate, which asks for eue^ueu to be algebraic. The barrier is a model-existence statement about membership only: the model has no exponential function, so it says nothing about arguments through the values exiyje^{x_iy_j}exi​yj​, such as Waldschmidt's theorem of 1973, or through Roy's rank bounds for larger matrices.

Proof. The Q\mathbb{Q}Q-span of L\mathcal{L}L is L\mathcal{L}L, by DiazModulus.mem_logAlg_adjoin_circle_point_iff at u=0u = 0u=0, so membership in LLL means eze^zez algebraic, and Diaz's conjecture is the contrapositive of the statement that no non-zero u∈Lu \in Lu∈L has ∣u∣|u|∣u∣ algebraic. The clauses are then the classical theorems read off their nodes: conjugation is DiazModulus.logAlg_conj_stable, Baker is Schanuel.baker_linear_forms_in_logarithms, Hermite–Lindemann is DiazModulus.hermite_lindemann_holds, Gel'fond–Schneider is Schanuel.gelfond_schneider (a non-rational β\betaβ would make eβl0e^{\beta l_0}eβl0​ transcendental), six exponentials is DiazModulus.six_exponentials, and four exponentials is DiazModulus.four_exponentials_trdeg_one, verbatim. The Roy clause holds because L~\widetilde LL is contained in L~\widetilde{\mathcal{L}}L.

Novelty. Not found in the sources read as a bundle; routine. The clauses are classical theorems about L\mathcal{L}L: Baker (1966), Hermite–Lindemann, Gel'fond–Schneider (1934), the six exponentials theorem (Lang 1966, Ramachandra 1968) and the four exponentials theorem in transcendence degree one (Waldschmidt 1973, Brownawell 1974); the Roy clause is relative, so Roy's theorem (1992, Cor. 2) is not needed.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_DiazModulus
Formal statement
open Complex ComplexConjugate

namespace DiazModulus

theorem span_logAlg_theorem_D_properties :
    (DiazModulusConjecture ↔
      ∀ u ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg, u ≠ 0 → ¬ IsAlgebraic ℚ ((‖u‖ : ℝ) : ℂ)) ∧
    /- conjugation -/
    (∀ z ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg, conj z ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg) ∧
    /- (D2) Baker -/
    (∀ (n : ℕ) (l : Fin n → ℂ), (∀ i, l i ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg) → LinearIndependent ℚ l →
      ∀ (b₀ : ℂ) (b : Fin n → ℂ), IsAlgebraic ℚ b₀ → (∀ i, IsAlgebraic ℚ (b i)) →
        (b₀ ≠ 0 ∨ ∃ i, b i ≠ 0) → b₀ + ∑ i, b i * l i ≠ 0) ∧
    /- (D2) Hermite-Lindemann -/
    (∀ z ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg, IsAlgebraic ℚ z → z = 0) ∧
    /- (D2) Gel'fond-Schneider -/
    (∀ l₀ β : ℂ, l₀ ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg → β * l₀ ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg → l₀ ≠ 0 → IsAlgebraic ℚ β →
      ∃ q : ℚ, β = (q : ℂ)) ∧
    /- (D3) Roy, relative to ℒ: strong six exponentials for ℒ̃ gives it for span Q̄ (insert 1 L) -/
    ((∀ (x : Fin 2 → ℂ) (y : Fin 3 → ℂ),
        LinearIndependent (↥Qbar) x → LinearIndependent (↥Qbar) y →
        ¬ (∀ i j, x i * y j ∈ LogAlgTilde)) →
      ∀ (x : Fin 2 → ℂ) (y : Fin 3 → ℂ),
        LinearIndependent (↥Qbar) x → LinearIndependent (↥Qbar) y →
        ¬ (∀ i j, x i * y j ∈ Submodule.span Qbar (insert 1 ((Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg : Submodule ℚ ℂ) : Set ℂ)))) ∧
    /- (D3) six exponentials -/
    (∀ (x : Fin 2 → ℂ) (y : Fin 3 → ℂ), LinearIndependent ℚ x → LinearIndependent ℚ y →
      ¬ (∀ i j, x i * y j ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg)) ∧
    /- (D4) four exponentials in transcendence degree one -/
    (∀ l₁₁ l₁₂ l₂₁ l₂₂ : ℂ, l₁₁ ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg → l₁₂ ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg → l₂₁ ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg → l₂₂ ∈ Submodule.span ℚ LogAlg →
      l₁₁ ≠ 0 → l₁₂ ≠ 0 → l₂₁ ≠ 0 → l₂₂ ≠ 0 → l₁₁ * l₂₂ = l₁₂ * l₂₁ →
      Algebra.trdeg ℚ ↥(Algebra.adjoin ℚ ({l₁₁, l₁₂, l₂₁, l₂₂} : Set ℂ)) ≤ 1 →
      (∃ a b : ℚ, ¬(a = 0 ∧ b = 0) ∧ (a : ℂ) * l₁₁ + (b : ℂ) * l₂₁ = 0 ∧ (a : ℂ) * l₁₂ + (b : ℂ) * l₂₂ = 0) ∨
      (∃ a b : ℚ, ¬(a = 0 ∧ b = 0) ∧ (a : ℂ) * l₁₁ + (b : ℂ) * l₁₂ = 0 ∧ (a : ℂ) * l₂₁ + (b : ℂ) * l₂₂ = 0)) := by
  sorry

end DiazModulus
Source
Not found in the sources read as a bundle. The clauses are Baker's theorem (A. Baker, Linear forms in the logarithms of algebraic numbers I, Mathematika 13 (1966), 204–216); Hermite–Lindemann (Ch. Hermite 1873; F. Lindemann 1882); Gel'fond–Schneider (A. O. Gel'fond 1934; Th. Schneider 1934); the six exponentials theorem (S. Lang, Introduction to Transcendental Numbers, Addison-Wesley, 1966, chapter II; K. Ramachandra, Contributions to the theory of transcendental numbers I, II, Acta Arith. 14 (1968)); the four exponentials theorem in transcendence degree one (M. Waldschmidt, Solution du huitième problème de Schneider, J. Number Theory 5 (1973), 191–202; W. D. Brownawell, The algebraic independence of certain numbers related by the exponential function, J. Number Theory 6 (1974), 22–31); the Roy clause is an implication from Roy's strong six exponentials theorem (D. Roy, Matrices whose coefficients are linear forms in logarithms, J. Number Theory 41 (1992), 22–47, Cor. 2). Uses DiazModulus.mem_logAlg_adjoin_circle_point_iff, Schanuel.baker_linear_forms_in_logarithms, DiazModulus.hermite_lindemann_holds, Schanuel.gelfond_schneider, DiazModulus.six_exponentials, DiazModulus.four_exponentials_trdeg_one and DiazModulus.logAlg_conj_stable. R19 of the Diaz modulus mission. Formal proof: Diaz modulus mission, 18 October 2026 (C. Perassi).

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