(a) Show that if x, y are rational numbers, then x + y and xy are rational...

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(a) Show that if x, y are rational numbers, then x + y and xy are rational numbers.
(b) Prove that if x is a rational number and y is an irrational number, then x + y is an irrational number. If, in addition, x ≠ 0, then show that xy is an irrational number.
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Introduction to Real Analysis

ISBN: 978-0471433316

4th edition

Authors: Robert G. Bartle, Donald R. Sherbert

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