Is there a formula which gives the solutions of a general fifth grade equation by using trascendental functions?

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Thanks to Galois we know that the solutions of a general fifth order equations cannot be expressed by means of radicals.

Can we exclude that a formula exists if we are allowed to also use (any composition of) trascendental functions like: $\exp$, $\log$, $\tan$, $\arctan$?