Definition:Transcendental Number/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Transcendental Number
The first numbers that were demonstrated as being transcendental were presented by Joseph Liouville in $1851$.
He did this with the aid of what is now known as Liouville's theorem.
Sources
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {B}.18$: Algebraic and Transcendental Numbers. $e$ is Transcendental