x be a positive real number. Define A = k = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 3 k ) ! x 3 k , B = k = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 3 k + 1 ) ! x 3 k + 1 , and C = k = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 3 k + 2 ) ! x 3 k + 2 . Given that A 3 + B 3 + C 3 + 8 A B C = 2 0 1 4 , compute A B C .
Let
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If anyone is curious, here are approximate values for A , B , C a n d x :
A = 5 . 5 5 3 5 3 5 5 B = 5 . 8 2 9 6 1 1 5 C = 5 . 6 5 2 3 6 3 2 x = 2 . 8 3 5 3
Did the same except that I did the ABC part with a longer method! Nice!
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Using ω = e 3 2 π i and series expansion e x = k = 0 ∑ ∞ k ! x k we can combine these series via following relations
A + B + C = e x A + ω B + ω 2 C = e ω x A + ω 2 B + ω C = e ω 2 x Now A 3 + B 3 + C 3 − 3 A B C = ( A + B + C ) ( A + ω B + ω 2 C ) ( A + ω 2 B + ω C ) = e ( 1 + ω + ω 2 ) x = e 0 = 1 i.e A 3 + B 3 + C 3 = 1 + 3 A B C Putting this value in the given relation we get 1 + 3 A B C + 8 A B C = 2 0 1 4 Hence A B C = 1 8 3