Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2021/ia/paper-4/7e/d/ii/solution

This is always true for every positive integer . If were algebraic, then would be a root of the polynomial over the field of algebraic numbers. By transitivity of algebraic extensions, would then be algebraic over , contradicting its transcendence.

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