How can we prove by mathematical induction that 1,√2,√3,√5,…,√pn (pn is the nth prime number) are linearly independent over the rational numbers ?
base case (n=1)_: 1,√2 are linearly independent over the field Q otherwise a1+b√2=0⇔√2=−ab which is absurd.
Then I am stuck.
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