Thursday, 19 September 2019

number theory - If x is a positive rational but not an integer, is xx irrational?


Let x be positive, rational, but not an integer. That means x can be written as pq with p,q coprime, p,q0 and q1. Is xx always irrational?





I think that this has to be the case, but I can't prove it.



xx=(pq)pq=ppqqpq



I know that ppq and qpq can't both be rational, but there are cases where the division of two irrational numbers gives us an rational number. For example 22=1

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