Jossen's factorization conjecture for E-functions

Let E\mathcal E be the ring of EE-functions. A unit is a non-vanishing EE-function, equivalently a function λeαx\lambda e^{\alpha x} with λ,αQ\lambda,\alpha\in\overline{\mathbb Q} and λ0\lambda\neq0. An EE-function is irreducible if it is a non-unit that cannot be expressed as a product of two non-units. A simple EE-function has the simple-function structure defined in the source, with a one-dimensional rational support.

Jossen's factorization conjecture. Every non-zero EE-function ff can be written as a finite product of powers of EE-functions with simple zeros, with distinct factors having no common zero; explicitly, there is a finite JNJ\subset\mathbb N^* such that

\nf=jJgj(x)j,\nf=\prod_{j\in J}g_j(x)^j,

where each gjg_j is an EE-function whose zeros have multiplicity 11, and gjg_j and gjg_{j'} have no common zero for jjj\neq j'. The representation is unique up to multiplication of the gjg_j by units.

This is the precise factorization form of the preceding multiplicity claim. It is intended to describe the structure of zeros and remains open.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Stéphane Fischler and Tanguy Rivoal, “Zeros of E-functions and of exponential polynomials defined over Q”, arXiv:2503.20345 (2025).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.