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Timothy Chow
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Given that you used the word "transcendental" in describing inexhaustibility, Schanuel's conjecture seems to be an obvious instance. In effect, Schanuel's conjecture implies that numbers such as $e+\pi$ that have "no reason" to be algebraic are indeed not algebraic. See also the conjectures of Kontsevich and Zagier about periods, which have a similar flavor.