algebraic function

American

noun

Mathematics.

a function that can be expressed as a root of an equation in which a polynomial, in the independent and dependent variables, is set equal to zero.

algebraic function British

noun

maths any function which can be constructed in a finite number of steps from the elementary operations and the inverses of any function already constructed Compare transcendental function

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An algebraic function is one that involves addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rational powers, and roots.

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For example, if an integral contains a logarithmic function and an algebraic function, we should choose u to be the logarithmic function, because L comes before A in LIATE.

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Because A comes before T in LIATE, we chose u to be the algebraic function.

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