Is it possible for
a) the sum of two rational numbers irrational?
b) the sum of two irrational numbers rational?
c) an irrational number with an irrational degree to be rational?
Prove that the number \(\sqrt {2} + \sqrt {3} + \sqrt {5} + \sqrt {7} + \sqrt {11} + \sqrt {13} + \sqrt {17}\) is irrational.
For what natural numbers \(a\) and \(b\) is the number \(\log_{a} b\) rational?
A square grid on the plane and a triangle with vertices at the nodes of the grid are given. Prove that the tangent of any angle in the triangle is a rational number.
\(N\) points are given, no three of which lie on one line. Each two of these points are connected by a segment, and each segment is coloured in one of the \(k\) colours. Prove that if \(N > \lfloor k!e\rfloor\), then among these points one can choose three such that all sides of the triangle formed by them will be colored in one colour.
Prove that the root a of the polynomial \(P (x)\) has multiplicity greater than 1 if and only if \(P (a) = 0\) and \(P '(a) = 0\).
For a given polynomial \(P (x)\) we describe a method that allows us to construct a polynomial \(R (x)\) that has the same roots as \(P (x)\), but all multiplicities of 1. Set \(Q (x) = (P(x), P'(x))\) and \(R (x) = P (x) Q^{-1} (x)\). Prove that
a) all the roots of the polynomial \(P (x)\) are the roots of \(R (x)\);
b) the polynomial \(R (x)\) has no multiple roots.
Construct the polynomial \(R (x)\) from the problem 61019 if:
a) \(P (x) = x^6 - 6x^4 - 4x^3 + 9x^2 + 12x + 4\);
b)\(P (x) = x^5 + x^4 - 2x^3 - 2x^2 + x + 1\).
Prove that the following polynomial does not have any identical roots: \(P(x) = 1 + x + x^2/2! + \dots + x^n/n!\)
For which \(A\) and \(B\) does the polynomial \(Ax^{n + 1} + Bx^n + 1\) have the number \(x = 1\) at least two times as its root?