Given that , and satisfy the system of equation above and can be expressed as , where and are positive coprime integers, find .
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Using Newton's sums method and let P n = x n + y n + z n , where n ∈ N , S 1 = x + y + z = 1 , S 2 = x y + y z + z x and S 3 = x y z , then we have:
\(\begin{array} {} P_1 = S_1 = 1 \\ P_2 = S_1P_1 - 2S_2 & \implies 2 = 1\cdot 1-2S_2 & \implies S_2 = \frac 12 \\ P_3 = S_1P_2 - S_2P_1+ 3S_3 & \implies 3 = 1\cdot 2 + \frac 12 \cdot 1 + 3S_3 & \implies S_3 = \frac 16 \\ P_4 = S_1P_3 - S_2P_2+ S_3P_1 & \implies P_4 = 1\cdot 3 + \frac 12 \cdot 2 + \frac 16 \cdot 1 & \implies P_4 = \frac {25}6 \end{array} \)
⟹ m + n = 2 5 + 6 = 3 1