How prove that any number to be irrational?

Semaj Christian

Semaj Christian

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2022-06-12

How prove that any number to be irrational?

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Judovh0

Judovh0

Beginner2022-06-13Added 16 answers

Integers (greater than 1) can be uniquely represented by products of integer powers of primes. That is, for any n > 1
n = p 1 q 1 p 2 q 2 p 3 q 3 p n q n
where all p i are primes and all the powers are (positive) integers.
If n is a square of another number then all the q i s are even numbers. Let n be not the square of another integer number.
Assume that its square root is rational:
m n = n = p 1 q 1 2 p 2 q 2 2 p 3 q 3 2 p n q n 2 .
Since n is not the square of any number, there will be at least one odd q j among the powers above. The half of that q j is not an integer then. This contradicts to the fact that in the same representation of n and m all the powers are integers. As a result the same is true for m n ; all the prime powers in m n are integers (some may be negative though but not a fraction).

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