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Algebraic and Transcendental Numbers. Dr. Dan Biebighauser. Outline. Countable and Uncountable Sets. Outline. Countable and Uncountable Sets Algebraic Numbers. Outline. Countable and Uncountable Sets Algebraic Numbers Existence of Transcendental Numbers. Outline. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Algebraic and Transcendental Numbers
Dr. Dan Biebighauser
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Outline
Countable and Uncountable Sets
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Outline
Countable and Uncountable Sets Algebraic Numbers
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Outline
Countable and Uncountable Sets Algebraic Numbers Existence of Transcendental Numbers
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Outline
Countable and Uncountable Sets Algebraic Numbers Existence of Transcendental Numbers Examples of Transcendental Numbers
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Outline
Countable and Uncountable Sets Algebraic Numbers Existence of Transcendental Numbers Examples of Transcendental Numbers Constructible Numbers
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Number Systems
N = natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, …}
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Number Systems
N = natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, …} Z = integers = {…, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …}
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Number Systems
N = natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, …} Z = integers = {…, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …} Q = rational numbers
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Number Systems
N = natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, …} Z = integers = {…, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …} Q = rational numbers R = real numbers
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Number Systems
N = natural numbers = {1, 2, 3, …} Z = integers = {…, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, …} Q = rational numbers R = real numbers C = complex numbers
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Countable Sets
A set is countable if there is a one-to-one correspondence between the set and N, the natural numbers
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Countable Sets
A set is countable if there is a one-to-one correspondence between the set and N, the natural numbers
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Countable Sets
N, Z, and Q are all countable
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Countable Sets
N, Z, and Q are all countable
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Uncountable Sets
R is uncountable
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Uncountable Sets
R is uncountable Therefore C is also uncountable
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Uncountable Sets
R is uncountable Therefore C is also uncountable Uncountable sets are “bigger”
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Algebraic Numbers
A complex number is algebraic if it is the solution to a polynomial equation
where the ai’s are integers.
0012
21
1 axaxaxaxa nn
nn
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Algebraic Number Examples
51 is algebraic: x – 51 = 0
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Algebraic Number Examples
51 is algebraic: x – 51 = 0 3/5 is algebraic: 5x – 3 = 0
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Algebraic Number Examples
51 is algebraic: x – 51 = 0 3/5 is algebraic: 5x – 3 = 0 Every rational number is algebraic:
Let a/b be any element of Q. Then a/b is a solution to bx – a = 0.
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Algebraic Number Examples
is algebraic: x2 – 2 = 02
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Algebraic Number Examples
is algebraic: x2 – 2 = 0
is algebraic: x3 – 5 = 0
2
3 5
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Algebraic Number Examples
is algebraic: x2 – 2 = 0
is algebraic: x3 – 5 = 0
is algebraic: x2 – x – 1 = 0
3 5
2
2
51
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Algebraic Number Examples
is algebraic: x2 + 1 = 01i
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Algebraic Numbers
Any number built up from the integers with a finite number of additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, and nth roots is an algebraic number
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Algebraic Numbers
Any number built up from the integers with a finite number of additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, and nth roots is an algebraic number
But not all algebraic numbers can be built this way, because not every polynomial equation is solvable by radicals
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Solvability by Radicals
A polynomial equation is solvable by radicals if its roots can be obtained by applying a finite number of additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, and nth roots to the integers
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 1 polynomial is solvable:
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 1 polynomial is solvable:
a
bxbax 0
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 2 polynomial is solvable:
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 2 polynomial is solvable:
a
acbbxcbxax
2
40
22
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 2 polynomial is solvable:
(Known by ancient Egyptians/Babylonians)
a
acbbxcbxax
2
40
22
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 3 and Degree 4 polynomial is solvable
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 3 and Degree 4 polynomial is solvable
del Ferro Tartaglia Cardano Ferrari
(Italy, 1500’s)
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Solvability by Radicals
Every Degree 3 and Degree 4 polynomial is solvable
Cubic Formula
Quartic Formula
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Solvability by Radicals
For every Degree 5 or higher, there are polynomials that are not solvable
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Solvability by Radicals
For every Degree 5 or higher, there are polynomials that are not solvable
Ruffini (Italian) Abel (Norwegian)
(1800’s)
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Solvability by Radicals
For every Degree 5 or higher, there are polynomials that are not solvable
is not solvable by radicals
0135 xx
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Solvability by Radicals
For every Degree 5 or higher, there are polynomials that are not solvable
is not solvable by radicals
The roots of this equation are algebraic
0135 xx
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Solvability by Radicals
For every Degree 5 or higher, there are polynomials that are not solvable
is solvable by radicals0325 x
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Algebraic Numbers
The algebraic numbers form a field, denoted by A
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Algebraic Numbers
The algebraic numbers form a field, denoted by A
In fact, A is the algebraic closure of Q
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Question
Are there any complex numbers that are not algebraic?
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Question
Are there any complex numbers that are not algebraic?
A complex number is transcendental if it is not algebraic
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Question
Are there any complex numbers that are not algebraic?
A complex number is transcendental if it is not algebraic
Terminology from Leibniz
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Question
Are there any complex numbers that are not algebraic?
A complex number is transcendental if it is not algebraic
Terminology from Leibniz Euler was one of the first to
conjecture the existence of
transcendental numbers
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers In 1844, the French mathematician Liouville
proved that some complex numbers are transcendental
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers In 1844, the French mathematician Liouville
proved that some complex numbers are transcendental
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers His proof was not constructive, but in 1851,
Liouville became the first to find an example of a transcendental number
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers His proof was not constructive, but in 1851,
Liouville became the first to find an example of a transcendental number
000100000000000001100010000.0101
!
k
k
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Although only a few “special” examples were
known in 1874, Cantor proved that there are infinitely-many more transcendental numbers than algebraic numbers
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Although only a few “special” examples were
known in 1874, Cantor proved that there are infinitely-many more transcendental numbers than algebraic numbers
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Theorem (Cantor, 1874): A, the set of
algebraic numbers, is countable.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Theorem (Cantor, 1874): A, the set of
algebraic numbers, is countable. Corollary: The set of transcendental numbers
must be uncountable. Thus there are infinitely-many more transcendental numbers.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Proof: Let a be an algebraic number, a
solution of
0012
21
1 axaxaxaxa nn
nn
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Proof: Let a be an algebraic number, a
solution of
We may choose n of the smallest possible degree and assume that the coefficients are relatively prime
0012
21
1 axaxaxaxa nn
nn
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Proof: Let a be an algebraic number, a
solution of
We may choose n of the smallest possible degree and assume that the coefficients are relatively prime
Then the height of a is the sum
naaaan 210
0012
21
1 axaxaxaxa nn
nn
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
Let a have height k. Let n be the degree of the polynomial for a in the definition of a’s height.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
Let a have height k. Let n be the degree of the polynomial for a in the definition of a’s height.
Then n cannot be bigger than k, by definition.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
Also,
implies that there are only finitely-many choices for the coefficients of the polynomial.
nkaaaa n 210
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
So there are only finitely-many choices for the coefficients of each polynomial of degree n leading to a height of k.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
So there are only finitely-many choices for the coefficients of each polynomial of degree n leading to a height of k.
Thus there are finitely-many polynomials of degree n that lead to a height of k.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
This is true for every n less than or equal to k, so there are finitely-many polynomials that have roots with height k.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
This means there are finitely-many such roots to these polynomials, i.e., there are finitely-many algebraic numbers of height k.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Claim: Let k be a positive integer. Then the
number of algebraic numbers that have height k is finite.
This means there are finitely-many such roots to these polynomials, i.e., there are finitely-many algebraic numbers of height k.
This proves the claim.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Back to the theorem: We want to show
that A is countable.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Back to the theorem: We want to show
that A is countable. For each height, put the algebraic
numbers of that height in some order
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Back to the theorem: We want to show
that A is countable. For each height, put the algebraic
numbers of that height in some order Then put these lists together, starting with
height 1, then height 2, etc., to put all of the algebraic numbers in order
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Back to the theorem: We want to show
that A is countable. For each height, put the algebraic
numbers of that height in some order Then put these lists together, starting with
height 1, then height 2, etc., to put all of the algebraic numbers in order
The fact that this is possible proves that A is countable.
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Since A is countable but C is uncountable,
there are infinitely-many more transcendental numbers than there are algebraic numbers
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Existence of Transcendental Numbers Since A is countable but C is uncountable,
there are infinitely-many more transcendental numbers than there are algebraic numbers
“The algebraic numbers are spotted over the plane like stars against a black sky; the dense blackness is the firmament of the transcendentals.”
E.T. Bell, math historian
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers In 1873, the French mathematician Charles
Hermite proved that e is transcendental.
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers In 1873, the French mathematician Charles
Hermite proved that e is transcendental.
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers In 1873, the French mathematician Charles
Hermite proved that e is transcendental. This is the first number proved to be
transcendental that was not constructed for such a purpose
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers In 1882, the German mathematician
Ferdinand von Lindemann proved that
is transcendental
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers In 1882, the German mathematician
Ferdinand von Lindemann proved that
is transcendental
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers Still very few known examples of
transcendental numbers:
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers Still very few known examples of
transcendental numbers:
e
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers Still very few known examples of
transcendental numbers:
e22
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers Still very few known examples of
transcendental numbers:
e22
5161701112131411234567891.0
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Examples of Transcendental Numbers Open questions:
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Constructible Numbers
Using an unmarked straightedge and a collapsible compass, given a segment of length 1, what other lengths can we construct?
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Constructible Numbers
For example, is constructible:2
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Constructible Numbers
For example, is constructible:2
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Constructible Numbers
The constructible numbers are the real numbers that can be built up from the integers with a finite number of additions, subtractions, multiplications, divisions, and the taking of square roots
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Constructible Numbers
Thus the set of constructible numbers, denoted by K, is a subset of A.
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Constructible Numbers
Thus the set of constructible numbers, denoted by K, is a subset of A.
K is also a field
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Constructible Numbers
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Constructible Numbers
Most real numbers are not constructible
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Constructible Numbers
In particular, the ancient question of squaring the circle is impossible
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The End!
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