Transcendence of values of the iterated exponential function at algebraic points (1912.09125v2)

Abstract: We say that the order of an algebraic number $A$ is the minimum of positive integers $k$ such that $A^k$ is rational. In this paper, we show that the number of algebraic numbers $A$ with order $k$ such that [ A,\ A^A,\ A^{A^A},\ \ldots ] converges to an algebraic number is approximated by $(e-1/e)\varphi (k)$. Here $\varphi(k)$ denotes Euler's totient function.