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algebraic number: see number number, entity describing the magnitude or position of a mathematical object or extensions of these concepts.
The Natural NumbersCardinal numbers describe the size of a collection of objects; two such collections have the same (cardinal) number of ..... Click the link for more information. . algebraic number [¦al·jə¦brā·ik ′nəm·bər] (mathematics) Any root of a polynomial with rational coefficients. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Gauss'
composition law offered a new way of thinking about relationships among
numbers and led to the development of the mathematical field now known
as algebraic number theory. , which he earned last year, Bhargava extended some work of the legendary 19th-century German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, work that forms the basis of modern algebraic number theory. * Mathematicians reached a milestone in algebraic number theory by
proving the local Langlands correspondence, a conjecture that concerns
prime numbers and perfect squares (157: 47). |
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