Category
page 1Algebraic numbers
imaginary unit
square root of negative one, used to define complex numbers
algebraic number
complex number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial in one variable with rational coefficients
root of unity
complex number whose positive integer power equals one
Gaussian integer
complex number whose real and imaginary parts are both integers
Eisenstein integer
complex number whose mapping on a coordinate plane produces a triangular lattice
algebraic integer
complex number that solves a monic polynomial with integer coefficients
constructible number
real number that can be geometrically constructed with compass and straightedge from a unit segment in a finite number of steps
Look-and-say sequence
integer sequence
Pisot–Vijayaraghavan number
real algebraic integer >1, whose Galois conjugates all have absolute value <1.

twelfth root of two
algebraic irrational number
Thue–Siegel–Roth theorem
theorem that algebraic numbers do not have unusually accurate rational approximations
trigonometric number
irrational number produced by taking the sine or cosine of a rational multiple of a full circle
Chebyshev node
real algebraic numbers, roots of the Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind
Salem number
type of algebraic integer