TITLE: If ${ x }^{ 4 }+{ y }^{ 2 }=1$ then $x$ and $y$ can be both rational numbers?
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Can you give two numbers $x,y\in\mathbb{Q}$ such that  ${ x }^{ 4 }+{ y }^{ 2 }=1$? 
I don't know if exists or not. I derived this equation questioning that if $\sin { \alpha  } ={ x }^{ 2 }$ for $x\in \mathbb{Q}$ then for which $\alpha$, $\cos{ \alpha  }=y$ and $y\in \mathbb{Q}$?
Edit: $x,y\neq0$

REPLY [4 votes]: Consider $\dfrac{p}{q}=x$ and $y=\dfrac{m}{n}$, such that $\gcd (p,q)=(m,n)=1$ and $n \neq 1$, $q \neq 1$
$(\dfrac{p}{q})^4=1-(\dfrac{m}{n})^2=(1-\dfrac{m}{n})(1+\dfrac{m}{n})$
$=(\dfrac{n-m}{n})(\dfrac{n+m}{n})=\dfrac{(n-m)(n+m)}{n^2}$, here $n^2 \nmid (n-m)(n+m)$ since $q \neq 1$.
Let $d$ be a divisor of $n$, note that $d \nmid(n+m)$ and $d \nmid (n-m)$, Using the fact: $\gcd(m,n)=1$
Now this implies $(n-m)(n+m)=p^4, n^2 =q^4$, which isn't possible.(Recalling Area of right angled triangle can't be a square, it doesn't exist as proven by Fermat)