Yuri Nesterenko (mathematician)
Yuri Valentinovich Nesterenko (; born 5 December 1946 in Kharkov, USSR, now Ukraine) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician who has written papers in algebraic independence theory and transcendental number theory. In 1997, he was awarded the Ostrowski Prize for his proof that the numbers π and eπ are algebraically independent. In fact, he proved the stronger result:
 the numbers π, eπ, and Γ(1/4) are algebraically independent over Q.
 the numbers π, , and Γ(1/3) are algebraically independent over Q.
 for all positive integers n, the numbers π,   are algebraically independent over Q. He is a professor at Moscow State University, where he completed the mechanical-mathematical program in 1969, then the doctorate program (Soviet habilitation) in 1973, became a professor of the Number Theory Department in 1992. He studied under Andrei Borisovich Shidlovskii. Nesterenko's students have included Wadim Zudilin. Publications

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