> >
> Ok, but in order to prove the reverse of this trivial statement
> [namely: if an integer number N can be represented as
> a period power series of base x using integer numbers
> that are lesser than x for the coefficients ** then **
> x is algebraic] you have a little more work to do. And I don't
> know if it's possible; it would require that for each N,
> for each algebraic number x, there is a special polynomial
> whose root is x.
>
> Alberto Monteiro
The polynomial doesn't have to be that "special", all
it needs to have are rational coefficents. I was hoping that
the method was clear from my example. Sorry for the delay, and
for the short responses. I've taken to lurking more recently.
---David
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