# A proof needed in minimal polynomial.

## How do you prove this statement?

If a, b are different prime numbers, the minimal polynomial of $$\sqrt[n]{b}$$ over the extension field $$\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt[m]{a})$$ of the rational number field $$\mathbb{Q}$$ is $$g(y)=y^{n}-b$$. $$(m,n\in \mathbb{N}, and\ m,n\geq2)$$ (marked as equation ① in following)

The obstacle here is how to use following equation to launch contradiction according to the equation ①：

$$\left ( \sqrt[n]{b}\right )^{t} = l_{1}+l_{2}\cdot \sqrt[m]{a}+\cdots+l_{m}\cdot \sqrt[m]{a^{m-1}}\ (l_{i}\in\mathbb{Q})$$(marked as equation ② in following)

If equation ② is satisfied,then it can be inferred that n exact division m.

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