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Jun 2, 2016 at 23:59	comment	added	user9166		Those are traditionally zeroes and not 'roots'. No one discusses the 'roots' of the Riemann zeta function. And of course, yes they can be the roots of polynomials with transcendental coefficients. The point is they are not very much of a thing, and the use of those two words together is not common enough to make this a decent pun.
Jun 2, 2016 at 23:57	comment	added	Era		No, transcendental numbers are the ones that are not roots of polynomials (the technical definition is a little longer and more specific). They are the roots of transcendental functions.
Jun 2, 2016 at 23:56	comment	added	user9166		Actually, transcendental numbers are the ones that are not roots, right? No, it is unintentional. I mean they have their roots and grounding in things that are transcendental in the philosophical sense of "lying partly in the ideal realm".
Jun 2, 2016 at 23:26	comment	added	Era		"transcendental roots" -- Is this supposed to be a pun? As it is, I think this is extremely confusing, since transcendental roots are a thing in math and you don't seem to be referring to that thing here.
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