gives the signature of the field generated by the algebraic number
.


NumberFieldSignature
gives the signature of the field generated by the algebraic number
.
Details

- NumberFieldSignature[a] gives a list
of the number of real roots and the number of pairs of conjugate roots for the minimal polynomial of
.
Examples
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Applications (1)
Properties & Relations (3)
The minimal polynomial of has two real roots and a pair of complex roots:
The signature of the number field generated by :
Use Exponent and MinimalPolynomial to verify the result:
Tech Notes
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History
Text
Wolfram Research (2007), NumberFieldSignature, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NumberFieldSignature.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2007. "NumberFieldSignature." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NumberFieldSignature.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2007). NumberFieldSignature. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NumberFieldSignature.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_numberfieldsignature, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NumberFieldSignature}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NumberFieldSignature.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_numberfieldsignature, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NumberFieldSignature}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NumberFieldSignature.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}