Transcendental number
A real number is transcendental if it is not algebraic, such as .
Definition 1.4 (Transcendental Number)
A real non-algebraic number is transcendental. e.g. . [Existence of such transcendental numbers was only shown as late as 1844.]
Existence
Transcendental numbers exist; their existence was only shown as late as 1844.
Related
Stated in
- Definition 1.4 (Transcendental Number)§1.1 Number Systems