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Let $p$ be a prime number.
Show that $\sqrt{p}$ is a irrational number.
Attempt:
Suppose for contrary that $\sqrt{p}$ is a rational number. Then,
$$\sqrt{p}=\frac{m}{n} \qquad (1),$$
for some integers $m$ and $n$ with $n \ne 0$ and $\gcd(m,n)=1$. By squaring both side of $(1)$, we obtain
$$p=\fra...