section_path: Number theory/Algebraic and transcendental numbers
section_name: Algebraic and transcendental numbers
paragraph_text: Algebraic and transcendental numbers
  
  An algebraic number is a number that is a solution of a non-zero polynomial equation in one variable with rational coefficients (or equivalently — by clearing denominators — with integer coefficients). Numbers such as π that are not algebraic are said to be transcendental. Almost all real and complex numbers are transcendental.