Algebraic independence of distinct-prime valuation generating functions at independent points

Let Tp(z)T_p(z) denote the valuation generating function associated with a prime pp. Let p1,p2,,pmp_1,p_2,\dots,p_m be distinct primes, and let α1,α2,,αm\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\dots,\alpha_m be non-zero algebraic numbers with αi<1|\alpha_i|<1 for all ii, and assume that α1,α2,,αm\alpha_1,\alpha_2,\dots,\alpha_m are multiplicatively independent. Independent-point algebraic independence conjecture. The values

Tp1(α1),Tp2(α2),,Tpm(αm)T_{p_1}(\alpha_1),\, T_{p_2}(\alpha_2),\, \dots,\, T_{p_m}(\alpha_m)

are algebraically independent over Q\overline{\mathbb{Q}}. This conjecture concerns simultaneous algebraic independence across distinct primes and multiplicatively independent algebraic evaluation points; the source states that its proof remains beyond current techniques.

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Kelvin Lam, “Transcendence and algebraic independence of a family of p-adic valuation generating functions”, arXiv:2512.14077 (2025).

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