English-Finnish translations for algebraic function

Definition of algebraic function

• ''Informally'', any function expressible using the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and raising to a rational power; ''more precisely'', any continuous function definable as the root of some polynomial equation

Examples

• Quite often, algebraic functions are algebraic expressions using a finite number of terms and involving only the algebraic operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and raising to a fractional power. Some algebraic functions, however, cannot be expressed by such finite expressions
• The value of an algebraic function at an algebraic number is always an algebraic number

Related words

• algebraic
• algebraically
• algebraical
• algebraic structure
• algebraic number
• algebraic equation
• algebraic integer
• algebraic geometry
• algebraic chess notation