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Atmosfire2020-01-25 21:11:45
Mathematics
Atmosfire, 2020-01-25 21:11:45

Mistake in description of rational expressions in math textbook?

In the book "The Big Handbook of Mathematics" ed. Scanavi in ​​the chapter on identical transformations has the following list of algebraic expressions:
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It is said that the first and second are rational.
The third and fourth are not. With the latter, everything is clear (there is a variable under the radical sign). And why is number 3 not a rational algebraic expression?

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hint000, 2020-01-26
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_expression
The second and third expressions are rational, the first and fourth are not. There is a typo in the book.

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