algebraic number
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root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients
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Algebraic and transcendental numbers main An algebraic number is a number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial equation in one variable with rational coefficients (or equivalently — by clearing denominators — with integer coefficients).
Each algebraic number can be defined individually using the order relation on the reals.
His proof was cast in modern form by later algebraic number theorists.
This paper not only introduced the Gaussian integers and proved they are a unique factorization domain, it also introduced the terms norm, unit, primary, and associate, which are now standard in algebraic number theory.