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A rational point in an analytical plane means that both the coordinates of the point are rational numbers. Then the maximum number of rational points on a circle C with centre (0,√2) is ....

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Suppose, there are three rational points on circle C. Now consider that the triangle with those rational point vertices whose circumcenter is (0, 2). Since the vertices of this triangle are rational points, its equations of the perpendicular bisectors are first-degree equations in x and y with rational coefficients and hence the circumcentre must be a rational point, but here it is not a rational point because (0, 2) is the circumcentre. Hence, maximum number of rational points on the circle is 2.



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