= Transcendental number conjecture
{tag=Simple to state but hard to prove}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_number#Conjectured_transcendental_numbers
There's a billion simple looking expressions which are not known to be transcendental numbers or not. It's cute <simple to state but hard to prove> at its best.
Open as of 2020:
* $e + \pi$
Bibliography:
* https://www.quantamagazine.org/recounting-the-history-of-maths-transcendental-numbers-20230627/ How Math Achieved Transcendence by David S. Richeson (2023).
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