Prove that
Let us assume, to the contrary, that is
rational.
So that we can find integers a and b (b ≠ 0), such that
where a and b coprime.
Rearranging this equation, we get
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Since a and b are integers, we get that
is rational and so
is irrational.
So we contradicts the fact that
is irrational.
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