Sunday, October 8, 2017

elementary number theory - Prove/disprove: if a2 divides b3, then a divides b

Prove/disprove the following: if a2 divides b3, then a divides b



I've tried rewriting as b3=a2c, but I can't seem to show anything else for c. If I can prove that it is/isn't an integer, that would prove the whole thing for me.

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