Generalize further and show that for any whole number (r), the (r) th root (sqrt[r]{A}) is irrational

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Generalize further and show that for any whole number \(r\), the \(r\) th root \(\sqrt[r]{A}\) is irrational unless \(A\) is an \(r\) th power. Let \(x=\sqrt[r]{A}\). Show that if \(x\) is rational, then we may choose a smallest whole number \(n\) such that \(n x^{j}\) is a whole number for \(j=1, \ldots, r-1\). Then consider \(m=n x-n[x]\) as before.

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Calculus

ISBN: 9781319055844

4th Edition

Authors: Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa

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