Transcendence

Transcendence, transcendent, or transcendental may refer to:

Mathematics

 * Transcendental number, a number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients
 * Algebraic element or transcendental element, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field
 * Transcendental function, a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials
 * Transcendental number theory, the branch of mathematics dealing with transcendental numbers and algebraic independence

Music

 * Transcendence (Adil Omar album), a 2018 hip hop album
 * Transcendence (Alice Coltrane album), a 1977 jazz album
 * Transcendence (Crimson Glory album), a 1988 heavy metal album
 * Transcendence (Devin Townsend Project album), a 2016 heavy metal album
 * "Transcendence" (Lindsey Stirling instrumental), a 2012 instrumental piece
 * Transcendental (album), a 2006 progressive metal album by To-Mera
 * "Transcendence (Segue)", a 2000 progressive metal instrumental piece by Symphony X from the album V - The New Mythology Suite
 * "Transcendence", a 2008 thrash/melodic death metal track by Sylosis from the album Conclusion of an Age

Literature

 * Transcendence (Rosenthal book), a 2011 book by Norman E. Rosenthal
 * Transcendence (Salvatore novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by R. A. Salvatore
 * Transcendence (Sheffield novel), a 1992 science-fiction novel by Charles Sheffield
 * Transcendence: How Humans Evolved Through Fire, Language, Beauty, and Time, a 2019 book by Gaia Vince
 * Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji, a 2015 book by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Arun Tiwari
 * Transcendent (novel), a 2005 science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter

Philosophy

 * Transcendence (philosophy), climbing or going beyond some philosophical concept or limit
 * Transcendentalism, a 19th-century American religious and philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that transcends the physical and empirical
 * Transcendent theosophy, a school of Islamic philosophy founded by the 17th-century Persian philosopher Mulla Sadra
 * Transcendental idealism, a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant
 * Transcendental realism, a concept put forward by Roy Bhaskar
 * Transcendental arguments, a style of philosophical argumentation
 * Transcendental phenomenology, a field of phenomenological inquiry developed by Edmund Husserl
 * Transcendentals, religious and philosophical properties of being

Religion

 * Transcendence (religion), the aspect of a god wholly independent of the material universe
 * Transcendental Meditation, a meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
 * Transcendentals, religious and philosophical properties of being

Other

 * Transcendence (2012 film), a Chinese film
 * Transcendence (2014 film), an American film starring Johnny Depp and Morgan Freeman
 * Transcendence (band), an American alternative rock band
 * Transcendence (Jellum), an outdoor sculpture by Keith Jellum, in Portland, Oregon, US
 * Transcendent (TV series), a 2016 American reality television series
 * Transcendence (video game), a 1995 science-fiction game by George Moromisato