Transcendental figure

A transcendental figure was a real or complex number that was not algebraic.

In 2267, when the entity Redjac took control of the computer of the USS Enterprise, Spock forced it out with a class A compulsory directive to compute pi to the last digit – a task that it could never complete, because, as Spock explained, "the value of pi is a transcendental figure without resolution". (TOS: "Wolf in the Fold")

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