section_path: Subclasses of the complex numbers/Algebraic, irrational and transcendental numbers
section_name: Algebraic, irrational and transcendental numbers
paragraph_text: Algebraic, irrational and transcendental numbers
  
  Algebraic numbers are those that are a solution to a polynomial equation with integer coefficients. Real numbers that are not rational numbers are called irrational numbers. Complex numbers which are not algebraic are called transcendental numbers. The algebraic numbers that are solutions of a monic polynomial equation with integer coefficients are called algebraic integers.