/- Copyright (c) Heather Macbeth, 2023. All rights reserved. -/ import Library.Theory.Parity /-! # Assorted number theory lemmas from earlier needed in section 7.3 (square root of 2) -/ -- from Section 2.3 theorem sq_ne_two (n : ℤ) : n ^ 2 ≠ 2 := by intro hn obtain ⟨hn1, hn2⟩ : -2 < n ∧ n < 2 · apply abs_lt_of_sq_lt_sq' · linarith · norm_num interval_cases n <;> norm_num at hn -- from Section 6.1 theorem Nat.Odd.pow {a : ℕ} (ha : Nat.Odd a) (n : ℕ) : Nat.Odd (a ^ n) := by induction' n with k IH · use 0 change a ^ 0 = _ ring · obtain ⟨x, hx⟩ := ha obtain ⟨y, hy⟩ := IH use 2 * x * y + x + y rw [pow_succ, hy, hx] ring -- from Section 6.1 theorem Nat.even_of_pow_even {a n : ℕ} (ha : Nat.Even (a ^ n)) : Nat.Even a := by rw [even_iff_not_odd] at * intro h have : Odd (a ^ n) := Odd.pow h n contradiction