a) Infinitely many pairs of real numbers exist such that and the following equality holds: ;
b) No pair of rational numbers exists such that and the following equality holds: .
a) Infinitely many pairs of real numbers exist such that and the following equality holds: ;
b) No pair of rational numbers exists such that and the following equality holds: .
a) Any pair , with , is a solution.
b) By squaring the equality , we deduce that , therefore . (1)
Assume that there are numbers , for which (1) is true.
It is obvious that and . Consider the positive integers , such that , and . From (1) we obtain . (2)
From and , we deduce . Similarly, from and , we obtain . Therefore, and (2) leads to .
If the integers and aren't multiples of , then , false. Consequently and , therefore , thus and , false. This contradicts our assumption and the conclusion follows.