Let be a (fixed, but arbitrary) integer number, then:
True or false?
If the equation doesn't have any integer solution, then the equation doesn't have any rational solution, either
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Proof.- (by contradiction or reductio ad absurdum)
Let's suppose that 0 = a ∈ Z and a = ( c b ) 2 with b , c ∈ Z . Then this implies that a c 2 = b 2 . Due to Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic there exist prime integers distinct from two to two p 1 , . . . , p r and non- negative integers α 1 , . . . , α r , β 1 , . . . , β r , γ 1 , . . . , γ 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 ⇒ 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 ⇒ c ∣ b , (c divides to b) and this implies that a would be a perfect square, i, e, a = x 2 would have some integer solution □ q.e.d