Complexity

Algebra Level 4

Four complex numbers z z are in the form ± ( a + b i ) \pm (a+bi) and ± ( c + d i ) \pm (c + di) satisfy the equation z 4 + 1 z 4 1 = i 3 \dfrac{z^4+1}{z^4-1} = \dfrac i{\sqrt3} , find ( a + b + c + d ) 2 (a+b+c+d)^2 .

Clarification : i = 1 i = \sqrt{-1} .


The answer is 3.

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Times through by z 4 1 z^{4}-1 to get z 4 + 1 = i 3 ( z 4 1 ) z^{4}+1 = \frac{i}{\sqrt{3}} (z^{4}-1) . Rearranging gives z 4 ( 1 i 3 ) = 1 i 3 z^{4}(1- \frac{i}{\sqrt{3}}) = 1- \frac{i}{\sqrt{3}} .

From here you can divide through by 1 i 3 1- \frac{i}{\sqrt{3}} giving z 4 = 1 2 3 2 z^{4}=- \frac{1}{2}- \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} .

If we write z in the form c o s ( 2 3 π ) + i s i n ( 2 3 π ) cos( \frac{2}{3}\pi)+isin(\frac{2}{3}\pi) we can easily find the principle root by dividing the argument by 4 (the root we're taking) Finding the other roots is as simple as adding pi/2 to the argument each time. This gives four values of z: 3 2 + 1 2 i \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} + \frac{1}{2}i , 1 2 + 3 2 i -\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}i and their negatives.

The values of a,b,c and d are therefore 3 2 , 1 2 , 1 2 a n d 3 2 \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}, \frac{1}{2}, -\frac{1}{2} and \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} respectively. The bracket simplifies to 3 \sqrt{3} which squared is 3

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