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Is there a particular solution to this equation:

 

N=p^2/q^2, where N is any prime number and p and q are two intergers.

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So would that in turn indicate that all prime numbers have irrational roots? And what's the reason that equation has no solution?

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the reasons there are no solutions are quite trivial, and i suggest you try and figure them out yourself: rearrajngee and think about prime decomposition.

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I am not too good with prime number theorems, so I have no idea how to find a proof for this equation. Can you point me to a ceratin direction or give me a web site on the topic please?

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Did you rearrange the equation and think about how many prime factors are on each side if N is not a perfect square? On one side it's an even number, and on the other it's odd.

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