Friday, 29 August 2014

Elementary Number Theory: Proving log2(3) is irrational using the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.

Problem: Prove log2(3) is irrational using the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.



What I have so far:



Proof: Suppose log2(3) Q



Then there are p,q Z , q0 s.t. log2(3)=pq




Then 2p = 3q



This is where I get stuck because I'm not sure how to incorporate the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic.

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