Abstract
A number α is called an algebraic number if it satisfies an equation of degree m of the form
where a 1, a 2,..., a m are rational numbers.
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Hilbert, D. (1998). Algebraic Numbers and Number Fields. In: The Theory of Algebraic Number Fields. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03545-0_1
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