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Usually simple substitutions enable such expressions to be seen as quadratic expressions.

The substitutions x = a2 and y = b2 give

a4 + b4 - 7a2b2 = x2 - 7xy + y2 which does not have any rational factors.

Consequently, the quartic in a and b does not have rational factors.

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