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Algebraic and Transcendental Numbers

To begin with, recall that a complex number α is said to be a root of a polynomial P (X) if P (α) = 0. A complex number α is said to be algebraic if there is a nonzero polynomial P (X), with integer coefficients, of which α is a root. The set of algebraic numbers is denoted by Q̄. A complex number α which is not algebraic is said to be transcendental. The following numbers are obviously algebrai...

Transcendental Elitism

Algebraic Dynamics and Transcendental Numbers

A first example of a connection between transcendental numbers and complex dynamics is the following. Let p and q be polynomials with complex coefficients of the same degree. A classical result of Böttcher states that p and q are locally conjugates in a neighborhood of∞: there exists a function f , conformal in a neighborhood of infinity, such that f(p(z)) = q(f(z)). Under suitable assumptions,...

Transcendental Numbers and Zeta Functions

The concept of “number” has formed the basis of civilzation since time immemorial. Looking back from our vantage point of the digital age, we can agree with Pythagoras that “all is number”. The study of numbers and their properties is the mathematical equivalent of the study of atoms and their structure. It is in fact more than that. The famous physicist and Nobel Laureate Eugene Wigner spoke o...

Network Location Problem with Stochastic and Uniformly Distributed Demands

This paper investigates the network location problem for single-server facilities that are subject to congestion. In each network edge, customers are uniformly distributed along the edge and their requests for service are assumed to be generated according to a Poisson process. A number of facilities are to be selected from a number of candidate sites and a single server is located at each facil...