Mirror image equation

Just observed this , I founded it nice so I am sharing it

Now suppose this is the question -

$2x^{8} - 9x^{7} + 20x^{6} - 33x^{5} + 46x^{4} - 66x^{3} + 80x^{2} - 72x + 32 =0$

Let's go in a generalized manner, if we had this equation

$a,b,c...,y>0 , z \in R - \{0\}$

$ax^{2m} + bx^{2m - 1} + cx^{2m -2} + .... + zx^{m} + ...... + cx^2 + bx + a =0$

Keeping $x=0 , ~gives~a=0~so~we~can't~take~x=0$

Now see the beauty,

Dividing the whole equation by $x^m$

$ax^m + bx^{m-1} + cx^{m-2} + ..... + z + ....... + \dfrac{c}{x^{m-2}} + \dfrac{b}{x^{m-1}} + \dfrac{a}{x^m}$

$= a(x^m + \dfrac{1}{x^m}) + b(x^{m-1} + \dfrac{1}{x^{m-1}}) + c(x^{m-2} + \dfrac{1}{x^{m-2}}) + .....+ z =0$

$x + \dfrac{1}{x} = y$

Example(Application) -

$2x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + x + 2 = 0$

See here the coefficients of $x^n$ are a kind of mirror image after $x^2$

Dividing by $x^2$ ( $x \neq 0 ~as~ 2\neq 0$ )

$2(x^2 + \dfrac{1}{x^2}) + (x + \dfrac{1}{x}) + 1 =0$

Thus

$2(y^2 - 2) + y + 1 =0$

$2y^2 + y - 3 =0$

$(2y + 3)(y - 1) = 0$

$y = \dfrac{-3}{2} , y =1$

Further we have to substitute y and solve the quadratic

First few

$x^2 + \dfrac{1}{x^2} = y^2 - 2$ (See how lovely this ratio is! $~ (x + \dfrac{1}{x})^2 = x^2 + \dfrac{1}{x^2} + \boxed{2x\times\dfrac{1}{x}}$ )

$x^3 + \dfrac{1}{x^3} = y(\boxed{y^2-2}) - \boxed{y} = y^3 - 3y$

$x^4 + \dfrac{1}{x^4} = y(\boxed{ y^3 - 3y}) - \boxed{y^2-2}$

Thus, we can generalize it as -

$x^{n + 1} + \dfrac{1}{x^{n+1}} = \Big(x^n + \dfrac{1}{x^n} \Big)\Big(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\Big) - \Big( x^{n - 1} + \dfrac{1}{x^{n-1}}\Big)$

Writing in terms of t(as most of us write)

$t_{n} = x^n + \dfrac{1}{x^n}$

$\huge{\boxed{t_{n+1} = t_{1}(t_{n}) - t_{n-1}}}$

The question first I asked , solve it yourself - it can be solved by the same method

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