Thursday 11 July 2013

elementary number theory - If $x^2$ is prime, then x is not a positive integer

Prove the following statement using a technique (contrapositive or contradiction)



If $x^2$ is prime, then $x$ is not a positive integer




My attempt: suppose $X$ is positive integer for further I can't get any idea any one help.

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