Problem #PRU-65704

Problem

Author: G. Zhukov

The square trinomial \(f (x) = ax^2 + bx + c\) that does not have roots is such that the coefficient \(b\) is rational, and among the numbers \(c\) and \(f (c)\) there is exactly one irrational.

Can the discriminant of the trinomial \(f (x)\) be rational?