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A more general proof shows that the mth root of an integer N is irrational, unless N is the mth power of an integer n. [7] That is, it is impossible to express the mth root of an integer N as the ratio a ⁄ b of two integers a and b, that share no common prime factor, except in cases in which b = 1.
Perhaps the numbers most easy to prove irrational are certain logarithms. Here is a proof by contradiction that log 2 3 is irrational (log 2 3 ≈ 1.58 > 0). Assume log 2 3 is rational.
The square root of the Gelfond–Schneider constant is the transcendental number = 1.632 526 919 438 152 844 77.... This same constant can be used to prove that "an irrational elevated to an irrational power may be rational", even without first proving its transcendence.
For example, the square root of 2 is an irrational number, but it is not a transcendental number as it is a root of the polynomial equation x 2 − 2 = 0. The golden ratio (denoted or ) is another irrational number that is not transcendental, as it is a root of the polynomial equation x 2 − x − 1 = 0.
The irrationality exponent or Liouville–Roth irrationality measure is given by setting (,) =, [1] a definition adapting the one of Liouville numbers — the irrationality exponent () is defined for real numbers to be the supremum of the set of such that < | | < is satisfied by an infinite number of coprime integer pairs (,) with >.
The following 1953 proof by Dov Jarden has been widely used as an example of a non-constructive proof since at least 1970: [4] [5] CURIOSA 339. A Simple Proof That a Power of an Irrational Number to an Irrational Exponent May Be Rational. is either rational or irrational. If it is rational, our statement is proved.
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If a is a square number or a = −1, then the density is 0, and if a is a perfect pth power for prime p, then the number needs to be multiplied by () (if there are more than one such prime p, then the number needs to be multiplied by () for all such primes p), and if a 0 is congruent to 1 mod 4, then the number needs to be multiplied by () for ...