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Yoni
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlgebraicNumber.html

Prove that if r is a rational number, cos(r * pi) is an algebraic number. What is its degree? What are its conjugates?
September 16, 2006, 9:07 PM
Maddox
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http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlgebraicNumber.html

Prove that if r is a rational number, cos(r * pi) is an algebraic number. What is its degree? What are its conjugates?
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dumb
October 25, 2006, 5:05 AM

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