Algebraic number

From Aware Theory
Revision as of 14:16, 29 March 2014 by Mark (Talk | contribs)

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

In mathematics, an algebraic number is a number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial in one variable with rational coefficients (or equivalently—by clearing denominators—with integer coefficients). Numbers such as π that are not algebraic are said to be transcendental. Almost all real and complex numbers are transcendental. (Here "almost all" has the sense "all but a countable set".) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_number


See also: real numbers, transcendental numbers, ixperiencitness, consciousness, superimmortality, natural numbers, rational numbers,