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Transcendental Numbers

Transcendental Numbers

Real numbers that are not algebraic. That is, real numbers that cannot be a root of a polynomial equation with integer coefficients. e and π are transcendental.

 

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See also

Natural numbers, whole numbers, rational numbers, imaginary numbers, complex numbers, irrational numbers