Re: [math-fun] Computing pi (or anything else) to N digits

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:

"Transcendental" means not the root of any finite polynomial with integer coefficients.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_number

Is there a name for a number which isn't algebraic for a _solvable_ Galois polynomial -- i.e., a number which can't be constructed by rational & root operations?

I think the most common description would be "[not] solvable/expressible by radicals". I don't know of a dedicated term for either state. --Michael -- Forewarned is worth an octopus in the bush.