Problem:
Prove that among any irrational numbers there are numbers such that the sum of any of them is an irrational number.
Problem:
Prove that among any irrational numbers there are numbers such that the sum of any of them is an irrational number.
Solution:
Let the given numbers be . Choose first 1 and then choose at any step (if it is possible) a number that is not a linear combination with rational coefficients of the already chosen numbers. We may assume that the chosen numbers are , . It is easy to see that any linear combination with rational coefficients of the given numbers can be uniquely presented as a linear combination of these numbers.
Let , where , , . Then a sum of 's is a rational number if and only if the sum of the corresponding numbers vanishes. Since are irrational numbers, they are non-zero. In particular, at least of them have the same sign and hence the corresponding 's have the desired property.