Algebraic function

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In mathematics, an algebraic function is a function constructed from a finite number of elementary algebraic operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and exponentiation.

An algebraic function upon which further algebraic operations are applied, even with the use of another algebraic function, is also an algebraic function. The inverse of an algebraic function is also an algebraic function.

Functions which are not algebraic are called transcendental functions.

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