Some days ago i came across a question about writing √2001 as sum of two other square roots. I managed to prove that this is not possible unless one of them is zero and the other one is 2001.
The proof was as following: √2001=√a+√b, √2001−√a=√b so 2001+a−2√2001a=b. This shows that 2√2001a is an integer so 2001∗a is a perfect square.
We also know that 2001=3∗23∗29 which is a square-free number. so a must divide all of 3,23,29 which means a≥2001 so√a≥√2001 and √b≤0 which means b=0.
With exact method we can prove that √s=√a+√b does not have any natural solutions with s being a square-free number. Then I tried to generalize the proof for 3 or more square roots but i failed. The only thing I always get is √ab+√bc+√ac is an integer which does not help at all.
For what numbers can we write the square root of a square-free number as sum of three or more non-zero square roots? I would appreciate any help.
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