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Some Elementary Theorems regarding Surds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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1. If p and q be both commensurable, and if , then, if n be prime to r, both the roots must be commensurable.

For, since n is prime to r, we can find two integers λ and μ such that λn + μr = 1.

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