A number that is not a solution to an algebraic equation is called a transcendental number. An equation with one variable and integer coefficients is called a (one-variable) algebraic equation. In other words, a 0 x n + a 1 x n -1 +……+ a n -1 x + a n =0 Generally, real numbers are classified into rational numbers and irrational numbers, but irrational numbers are further classified into real algebraic numbers and real transcendental numbers. The set of algebraic numbers is countably infinite, but the set of real numbers is uncountable, so the set of transcendental numbers is also uncountable. In other words, there are far more transcendental numbers than algebraic numbers. In recent years, Allan Baker (1939- ) from England has obtained the following remarkable theorem that encompasses many of the theorems that have been established up to that point. If α 1 , …, α n are complex numbers that are neither 1 nor 0, and 1, β 1 , …, β n are algebraic numbers that are linearly independent in the field of rational numbers, then … is a transcendental number. This immediately shows that in addition to the aforementioned π, e ,,, etc. are transcendental numbers. [Tsuneo Adachi] [Reference item] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
代数方程式の解とはならない数を超越数という。一変数で整係数の方程式を(一変数)代数方程式ということにする。つまり 一般に実数は有理数と無理数に分類されるが、無理数はさらに実の代数的数と実の超越数とに分類されることになる。代数的数の全体は可算無限個であるが、実数の全体は非可算だから、超越数の全体も非可算である。つまり超越数のほうが、代数的数より圧倒的に多い。近年、イギリスのベーカーAllan Baker(1939― )によって、それまでに得られた定理の多くを包合する次のような著しい定理が得られた。α1、……、αnを1でも0でもない複素数とし、1、β1、……、βnを有理数体上一次独立な代数的数とすると、……は超越数である。これにより、前述のπ、e、のほか、,,などが超越数となることが、ただちに知られる。 [足立恒雄] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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