Liouville number
English
Etymology
Named after Joseph Liouville (1809–1882), a French mathematician.
Noun
Liouville number (plural Liouville numbers)
- (number theory) An irrational number x with the property that, for every positive integer n, there exist integers p and q with q > 1 and such that
Hypernyms
- transcendental number
Related terms
- Liouville-Arnold theorem
- Liouville's equation
- Liouville's formula
- Liouville's theorem