transcendental function
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[edit]transcendental function (plural transcendental functions)
- (mathematical analysis) Any function that is algebraically independent of its variable(s); a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials.
- An analytic function is transcendental (i.e., is a transcendental function) if and only if its Riemann surface is noncompact.
- (specifically, complex analysis) A meromorphic function on the complex plane that is not a rational function.