Difference between revisions of "Transcendental number"

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A '''Transcendental Number''' is a number that cannot be a solution to ''any'' [[polynomial]] with ''[[integer]]'' coefficients. The most famous ones include <math>\pi</math>([[pi]]) and <math>e</math>([[e]]).
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A '''transcendental number''' is a number that is not be a [[root]] of ''any'' [[polynomial]] with [[integer|integral]] [[coefficient]]s. Many famous constants such as <math>\pi</math>([[pi]]) and <math>e</math>([[e]]) are transcendental.

Revision as of 23:44, 30 June 2006

A transcendental number is a number that is not be a root of any polynomial with integral coefficients. Many famous constants such as $\pi$(pi) and $e$(e) are transcendental.