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Rational Irrational Power Sum Pairs

2300ExpertAlgebraNumber Theory

23rd ASU

Do there exist two reals whose sum is rational, but the sum of their $n$th powers is irrational for all $n > 1$? Do there exist two reals whose sum is irrational, but the sum of whose $n$th powers is rational for all $n > 1$?
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