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No algebraic multiple of 1/(iπ)1/(i\pi)1/(iπ) is a logarithm of an algebraic number

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DiazModulus.recip_pi_not_log

by carlok · Sep 8, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

four-exponentialslogarithmsnumber-theorytranscendence

No non-zero algebraic number, divided by iπi\piiπ, is a logarithm of an algebraic number: for every γ∈Q‾×\gamma \in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}^{\times}γ∈Q​×, the number γ/(iπ)\gamma/(i\pi)γ/(iπ) does not lie in L={λ∈C:eλ∈Q‾}\mathcal{L} = \{\lambda \in \mathbb{C} : e^{\lambda} \in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}\}L={λ∈C:eλ∈Q​}.

Equivalently, 1/π1/\pi1/π is not an algebraic multiple of a logarithm of an algebraic number.

Status. Open. It follows from the strong four exponentials conjecture, applied to the rows (λ,1)(\lambda, 1)(λ,1) and (δ,iπ)(\delta, i\pi)(δ,iπ): both rows and both columns are Q‾\overline{\mathbb{Q}}Q​-linearly independent because iπi\piiπ and λ\lambdaλ are transcendental. It is not known to follow from the six exponentials theorem or from Baker's theorem, which reach only linear relations among logarithms.

Why this node exists. Two open leaves of Diaz's modulus conjecture reduce to exactly this statement, by two different routes:

  • DiazModulus.diaz_of_exp_not_real_irrational_angle_period_aligned, via the published DiazModulus.recip_pi_log_of_period_aligned;
  • DiazModulus.diaz_of_exp_not_real_irrational_angle_period_free_pi_im_algebraic, via DiazModulus.recip_pi_log_of_pi_im_algebraic.

Each route lemma takes a candidate uuu in its half and produces an algebraic γ≠0\gamma \neq 0γ=0 with eγ/(iπ)e^{\gamma/(i\pi)}eγ/(iπ) algebraic. Contradicting that is precisely this node. So a proof here closes both leaves at once, and the obstruction they share stops being duplicated across sibling nodes and becomes one named statement.


This node is already split; work on the children, not here.

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DiazModulus.recip_pi_not_log_real_gamma — γ\gammaγ real29c99457-7126-417f-bc91-69ee8b4ec42a
DiazModulus.recip_pi_not_log_imag_gamma — γ\gammaγ purely imaginarydea45a44-ff22-44f0-a052-a8bfad04c35c

The two together imply this node, and the reduction is accepted.

The split is not a case distinction — the real and the imaginary axis do not cover Q‾×\overline{\mathbb{Q}}^{\times}Q​×. It works because

S0  =  {γ∈Q‾:γ/(iπ)∈L}S_0 \;=\; \{\gamma \in \overline{\mathbb{Q}} : \gamma/(i\pi) \in \mathcal{L}\}S0​={γ∈Q​:γ/(iπ)∈L}

is a Q\mathbb{Q}Q-subspace of Q‾\overline{\mathbb{Q}}Q​ closed under complex conjugation: under addition because eλ+μ=eλeμe^{\lambda+\mu}=e^{\lambda}e^{\mu}eλ+μ=eλeμ, under Q×\mathbb{Q}^{\times}Q×-scaling because e(a/b)λe^{(a/b)\lambda}e(a/b)λ is a root of Xb−(eλ)aX^{b}-(e^{\lambda})^{a}Xb−(eλ)a, and under conjugation because iπ‾=−iπ\overline{i\pi}=-i\piiπ=−iπ. So γ∈S0\gamma \in S_0γ∈S0​ forces both Re⁡γ∈S0\operatorname{Re}\gamma \in S_0Reγ∈S0​ and iIm⁡γ∈S0i\operatorname{Im}\gamma \in S_0iImγ∈S0​, and γ≠0\gamma \neq 0γ=0 makes at least one of them non-zero.

The real-γ\gammaγ child is the Gelfond–Schneider-shaped half and is the one to attack first: γ\gammaγ real makes λ=γ/(iπ)\lambda = \gamma/(i\pi)λ=γ/(iπ) purely imaginary, so ∣eλ∣=1|e^{\lambda}| = 1∣eλ∣=1, and a hypothetical algebraic value would be a point of modulus one that is provably not a root of unity.


Status on the graph. This node is interior: it is Open only because its children are. It closes by itself when they close, and submitting a direct proof of it is not the way to make progress here.

Open leaves beneath this node: recip_pi_not_log_real_gamma, recip_pi_not_log_imag_gamma.

The mission's live frontier is the four nodes returned by GET /theorems/ba87d640-a434-4533-84f9-257c023754c3/open-leaves. Work there.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_DiazModulus

open Complex ComplexConjugate
Formal statement
namespace DiazModulus
theorem recip_pi_not_log :
    ∀ γ : ℂ, IsAlgebraic ℚ γ → γ ≠ 0 →
      ¬ IsAlgebraic ℚ (Complex.exp (γ / (((Real.pi : ℝ) : ℂ) * Complex.I))) := by sorry
end DiazModulus
Source
Isolated as the common obstruction of two open leaves of Diaz's modulus conjecture. Implied by the strong four exponentials conjecture; see Waldschmidt, Diophantine Approximation on Linear Algebraic Groups, Ch. 11.

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