Algebraic Transformations (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica includes functions for performing a variety of specific algebraic transformations. Some are algorithmically straightforward; others include highly sophisticated ...

AlgebraicNumberPolynomial (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AlgebraicNumberPolynomial[a, x] gives the polynomial in x corresponding to the AlgebraicNumber object a.

$MaxRootDegree (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$MaxRootDegree specifies the maximum degree of polynomial to allow in Root objects.

RootOfUnityQ (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RootOfUnityQ[a] yields True if a is a root of unity, and yields False otherwise.

AlgebraicNumberNorm (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AlgebraicNumberNorm[a] gives the norm of the algebraic number a.

$RootDirectory (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$RootDirectory gives the root directory of your file system.

Numerical Root Finding (Mathematica Tutorial)

NSolve gives you a general way to find numerical approximations to the solutions of polynomial equations. Finding numerical solutions to more general equations, however, can ...

RootMeanSquare (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RootMeanSquare[list] gives the root mean square of values in list.

RootReduce (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RootReduce[expr] attempts to reduce expr to a single Root object.

Sqrt (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Sqrt[z] or Sqrt[z] gives the square root of z.