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Transcendental numbers1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Kurt Mahler
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, Canberra.
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If K is a field and L an extension field, α ∈ L is said to be algebraic over K if it satisfies an equation with coefficients in K. If α does not satisfy any such on, it is called transcendental over K.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1964

References

1 Invited talk given at the Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society held at the University of Adelaide in May, 1964.