Let us prove that is irrational:
Let us assume that is rational, then it can be expressed in the form of where have no factors in common, thus . or then , . Let , then , then . But this contradicts the fact that are coprimes. Thus the assumption that is rational is wrong. Hence, is also irrational.
This concludes that is an irrational number.
Which of these above colored equations are not necessarily correct?
"1" represents , "2" represents , "3" represents , "4" represents .
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If a prime p divides m 2 , then p also divides m . Here, 4 is not a prime. That is the fallacy. Hence the statements that say that p has a factor of 4 (i.e. statement (2) ) and q has a factor of 4 (i.e. statement (4) ) are incorrect.