{"title":"A Geometric Introduction to Transcendence Questions on Values of Modular Forms","authors":"T. Fonseca","doi":"10.1142/9789811238680_0014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We survey some key developments in the theory of transcendental numbers, paying special attention to Nesterenko's theorem on values of Eisenstein series and emphasizing its underlying geometric aspects. We finish with a brief discussion on periods and related open problems.","PeriodicalId":339674,"journal":{"name":"Monographs in Number Theory","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Monographs in Number Theory","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811238680_0014","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We survey some key developments in the theory of transcendental numbers, paying special attention to Nesterenko's theorem on values of Eisenstein series and emphasizing its underlying geometric aspects. We finish with a brief discussion on periods and related open problems.