Arithmetic with integers and rational numbers

Let a a be a (fixed, but arbitrary) integer number, then:

True or false?

If the equation a = x 2 a = x^2 doesn't have any integer solution, then the equation a = x 2 a = x^2 doesn't have any rational solution, either

True ......:)(:..... This is not the solution False It's an unresolved problem

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Proof.- (by contradiction or reductio ad absurdum)

Let's suppose that 0 a Z 0 \neq a \in \mathbb{Z} and a = ( b c ) 2 a = (\frac{b}{c})^2 with b , c Z b, c \in \mathbb{Z} . Then this implies that a c 2 = b 2 ac^2 = b^2 . Due to Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic there exist prime integers distinct from two to two p 1 , . . . , p r p_1, ... , p_r and non- negative integers α 1 , . . . , α r , β 1 , . . . , β r , γ 1 , . . . , γ r \alpha_1, ... , \alpha_r, \beta_1, ... , \beta_r, \gamma_1, ... , \gamma_r such that a = ± p 1 α 1 p r α r , b = ± p 1 β 1 p r β r , c = ± p 1 γ 1 p r γ r a = \pm p_1^{\alpha_1}\cdot \cdot \cdot p_r^{\alpha_r}, \quad b = \pm p_1^{\beta_1}\cdot \cdot \cdot p_r^{\beta_r}, \quad c = \pm p_1^{\gamma_1}\cdot \cdot \cdot p_r^{\gamma_r} \Rightarrow α i + 2 γ i = 2 β i , i = 1 , . . . , r 2 ( β i γ i ) = α i 0 , i = 1 , . . . , r β i γ i , i = 1 , . . . , r \alpha_i + 2\gamma_i = 2\beta_i, \space \forall i=1, ... , r \Rightarrow 2(\beta_i - \gamma_i) = \alpha_i \ge 0, \space \forall i=1, ... , r \Rightarrow \beta_i \ge \gamma_i, \space \forall i=1, ... , r \Rightarrow c b , (c divides to b) c \space | \space b, \space \text{(c divides to b)} and this implies that a a would be a perfect square, i, e, a = x 2 a = x^2 would have some integer solution \square q.e.d

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