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Algebra Level 3

Define θ ( n ) \theta(n) be an function which gives product of reciprocal of roots of the equation x 2 n + 6 = 5 x 1 n x^{\frac{2}{n}}+6=5x^{\frac{1}{n}} Find n = 1 θ ( n ) \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\theta(n)


The answer is 0.2.

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1 solution

Shriram Lokhande
Jul 24, 2014

x 2 n + 6 = 5 x 1 n x^{\frac{2}{n}}+6=5x^{\frac{1}{n}} take x = y n x=y^{n} y 2 + 6 = 5 y \Rightarrow y^2+6=5y y 2 5 y + 6 = 0 \Rightarrow y^2-5y+6=0 y = 5 ± 1 2 \Rightarrow y= \frac{5\pm1}{2} y = 2 o r 3 \Rightarrow y = 2 or 3 x = 2 n o r 3 n \Rightarrow x=2^n or 3^n By taking reciprocals and pluging in θ ( n ) \theta(n) , we get θ ( n ) = 1 6 n \theta(n)=\frac{1}{6^n} n = 1 θ ( n ) = n = 1 1 6 n \Rightarrow \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\theta(n)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{6^n} As n = 1 1 s n = 1 s 1 \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{s^n}=\frac{1}{s-1} n = 1 θ ( n ) = 1 5 \Rightarrow \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\theta(n)=\frac{1}{5}

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