(* Title: HOL/ex/Sqrt.thy Author: Markus Wenzel, TU Muenchen *) header {* Square roots of primes are irrational *} theory Sqrt imports Complex_Main "~~/src/HOL/Number_Theory/Primes" begin text {* The square root of any prime number (including @{text 2}) is irrational. *} theorem sqrt_prime_irrational: assumes "prime (p::nat)" shows "sqrt (real p) \ \" proof from `prime p` have p: "1 < p" by (simp add: prime_nat_def) assume "sqrt (real p) \ \" then obtain m n :: nat where n: "n \ 0" and sqrt_rat: "\sqrt (real p)\ = real m / real n" and gcd: "gcd m n = 1" by (rule Rats_abs_nat_div_natE) have eq: "m\ = p * n\" proof - from n and sqrt_rat have "real m = \sqrt (real p)\ * real n" by simp then have "real (m\) = (sqrt (real p))\ * real (n\)" by (auto simp add: power2_eq_square) also have "(sqrt (real p))\ = real p" by simp also have "\ * real (n\) = real (p * n\)" by simp finally show ?thesis .. qed have "p dvd m \ p dvd n" proof from eq have "p dvd m\" .. with `prime p` pos2 show "p dvd m" by (rule prime_dvd_power_nat) then obtain k where "m = p * k" .. with eq have "p * n\ = p\ * k\" by (auto simp add: power2_eq_square mult_ac) with p have "n\ = p * k\" by (simp add: power2_eq_square) then have "p dvd n\" .. with `prime p` pos2 show "p dvd n" by (rule prime_dvd_power_nat) qed then have "p dvd gcd m n" .. with gcd have "p dvd 1" by simp then have "p \ 1" by (simp add: dvd_imp_le) with p show False by simp qed corollary "sqrt (real (2::nat)) \ \" by (rule sqrt_prime_irrational) (rule two_is_prime_nat) subsection {* Variations *} text {* Here is an alternative version of the main proof, using mostly linear forward-reasoning. While this results in less top-down structure, it is probably closer to proofs seen in mathematics. *} theorem assumes "prime (p::nat)" shows "sqrt (real p) \ \" proof from `prime p` have p: "1 < p" by (simp add: prime_nat_def) assume "sqrt (real p) \ \" then obtain m n :: nat where n: "n \ 0" and sqrt_rat: "\sqrt (real p)\ = real m / real n" and gcd: "gcd m n = 1" by (rule Rats_abs_nat_div_natE) from n and sqrt_rat have "real m = \sqrt (real p)\ * real n" by simp then have "real (m\) = (sqrt (real p))\ * real (n\)" by (auto simp add: power2_eq_square) also have "(sqrt (real p))\ = real p" by simp also have "\ * real (n\) = real (p * n\)" by simp finally have eq: "m\ = p * n\" .. then have "p dvd m\" .. with `prime p` pos2 have dvd_m: "p dvd m" by (rule prime_dvd_power_nat) then obtain k where "m = p * k" .. with eq have "p * n\ = p\ * k\" by (auto simp add: power2_eq_square mult_ac) with p have "n\ = p * k\" by (simp add: power2_eq_square) then have "p dvd n\" .. with `prime p` pos2 have "p dvd n" by (rule prime_dvd_power_nat) with dvd_m have "p dvd gcd m n" by (rule gcd_greatest_nat) with gcd have "p dvd 1" by simp then have "p \ 1" by (simp add: dvd_imp_le) with p show False by simp qed end