What is a Closed-Form Number?

What is a Closed-Form Number?

Chow suggests a precise definition of a "closed-form expression for a number" in order to eliminate its previous nonexistence. He hopes that his definition will become standard.

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Veröffentlicht in:The American mathematical monthly 1999-05, Vol.106 (5), p.440-448
1. Verfasser: Chow, Timothy Y.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Algebra
Coefficients
Complex numbers
Integers
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical constants
Mathematical functions
Mathematical theorems
Mathematics
Numbers
Polynomials
Theory
Transcendentals
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Zusammenfassung:Chow suggests a precise definition of a "closed-form expression for a number" in order to eliminate its previous nonexistence. He hopes that his definition will become standard.
ISSN:0002-9890
1930-0972
DOI:10.1080/00029890.1999.12005066