Could you provide a mathematical proof for why every nth-root of 2 is irrational, for n greater then or equal to 2?
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Sure, here's a proof that every nth-root of 2 is irrational for n greater than or equal to 2:

Suppose, for the sake of contradiction, that there exists a rational number r such that r^n = 2, where n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. We can assume that r is written in lowest terms, that is, the greatest common divisor of the numerator and denominator of r is 1.

Then we can write r = p/q, where p and q are integers with no common factors other than 1. We have:

r^n = 2
(p/q)^n = 2
p^n = 2q^n

Since 2 is a prime number, the prime factorization of 2q^n has exactly one factor of 2. Therefore, the prime factorization of p^n must also have exactly one factor of 2. This means that n must be even, since otherwise p^n would have an odd number of factors of 2.

But if n is even, then we can write n = 2k for some positive integer k. Then we have:

p^n = 2q^n
p^(2k) = 2q^(2k)
(p^k)^2 = 2(q^k)^2

This means that p^k is also an integer solution to the equation x^2 = 2y^2, which contradicts the assumption that r is in lowest terms. Therefore, our initial assumption that there exists a rational number r such that r^n = 2 must be false, and every nth-root of 2 is irrational for n greater than or equal to 2.

This completes the proof.
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assistant
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