Determinant tactics-101

Algebra Level 5

sin ( α + α 1 ) sin ( α α 1 ) sin ( α α 1 ) cos ( α + α 1 ) 2 sin ( α ) sin ( α + α 3 ) sin ( α α 3 ) sin ( α α 3 ) cos ( α + α 3 ) 2 sin ( α ) sin ( α + α 2 ) sin ( α α 2 ) sin ( α α 2 ) cos ( α + α 2 ) 2 sin ( α ) \begin{vmatrix} \sin { ({ \alpha }+{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } & \quad \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } \cos { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha }) } \\ \sin { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } \sin { ({ \alpha }-{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } & \quad \sin { ({ \alpha -{ \alpha }_{ 3 } }) } \cos { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha }) } \\ \sin { ({ \alpha +{ \alpha }_{ 2 } }) } \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 2 }) } & \quad \sin { ({ \alpha -{ \alpha }_{ 2 } }) } \cos { ({ \alpha }+{ \alpha }_{ 2 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha }) } \end{vmatrix}

Let the maximum value of this determinant be X X .

Find 48 X 2 48X^{2} .

This is part of my set Powers of the ordinary .


The answer is 81.

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sin ( α + α 1 ) sin ( α α 1 ) sin ( α α 1 ) cos ( α + α 1 ) 2 sin ( α ) sin ( α + α 3 ) sin ( α α 3 ) sin ( α α 3 ) cos ( α + α 3 ) 2 sin ( α ) sin ( α + α 2 ) sin ( α α 2 ) sin ( α α 2 ) cos ( α + α 2 ) 2 sin ( α ) = 1 2 sin ( α ) 2 sin ( α + α 1 ) sin ( α α 1 ) 2 sin ( α α 1 ) cos ( α + α 1 ) 1 2 sin ( α + α 3 ) sin ( α α 3 ) 2 sin ( α α 3 ) cos ( α + α 3 ) 1 2 sin ( α + α 2 ) sin ( α α 2 ) 2 sin ( α α 2 ) cos ( α + α 2 ) 1 = sin ( α ) 2 cos 2 α 1 cos 2 α sin 2 α sin 2 α 1 1 cos 2 α 3 cos 2 α sin 2 α sin 2 α 3 1 cos 2 α 2 cos 2 α sin 2 α sin 2 α 2 1 C 2 C 2 sin 2 α C 3 , C 1 C 1 + cos 2 α C 3 = sin ( α ) 2 cos 2 α 1 sin 2 α 1 1 cos 2 α 3 sin 2 α 3 1 cos 2 α 2 sin 2 α 2 1 \begin{vmatrix} \sin { ({ \alpha }+{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } & \quad \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } \cos { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha }) } \\ \sin { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } \sin { ({ \alpha }-{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } & \quad \sin { ({ \alpha -{ \alpha }_{ 3 } }) } \cos { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha }) } \\ \sin { ({ \alpha +{ \alpha }_{ 2 } }) } \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 2 }) } & \quad \sin { ({ \alpha -{ \alpha }_{ 2 } }) } \cos { ({ \alpha }+{ \alpha }_{ 2 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha }) } \end{vmatrix}\\ =\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \sin { ({ \alpha }) } \begin{vmatrix} 2\sin { ({ \alpha }+{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } \cos { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 1 }) } & \quad 1 \\ 2\sin { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } \sin { ({ \alpha }-{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha -{ \alpha }_{ 3 } }) } \cos { ({ \alpha + }{ \alpha }_{ 3 }) } & \quad 1 \\ 2\sin { ({ \alpha +{ \alpha }_{ 2 } }) } \sin { ({ \alpha - }{ \alpha }_{ 2 }) } & \quad 2\sin { ({ \alpha -{ \alpha }_{ 2 } }) } \cos { ({ \alpha }+{ \alpha }_{ 2 }) } & \quad 1 \end{vmatrix}\\ =\frac { \sin { ({ \alpha }) } }{ 2 } \begin{vmatrix} \cos { 2{ \alpha }_{ 1 } } -\cos { 2\alpha } & \sin { 2\alpha } -\sin { 2{ \alpha }_{ 1 } } & 1 \\ \cos { 2{ \alpha }_{ 3 } } -\cos { 2\alpha } & \sin { 2\alpha } -\sin { 2{ \alpha }_{ 3 } } & 1 \\ \cos { 2{ \alpha }_{ 2 } } -\cos { 2\alpha } & \sin { 2\alpha } -\sin { 2{ \alpha }_{ 2 } } & 1 \end{vmatrix}\\ { C }_{ 2 }\longrightarrow { C }_{ 2 }-\sin { 2\alpha } { C }_{ 3 },{ C }_{ 1 }\longrightarrow { C }_{ 1 }+\cos { 2\alpha } { C }_{ 3 }\\ \Rightarrow =\frac { -\sin { ({ \alpha }) } }{ 2 } \begin{vmatrix} \cos { 2{ \alpha }_{ 1 } } & \sin { 2{ \alpha }_{ 1 } } & 1 \\ \cos { 2{ \alpha }_{ 3 } } & \sin { 2{ \alpha }_{ 3 } } & 1 \\ \cos { 2{ \alpha }_{ 2 } } & \sin { 2{ \alpha }_{ 2 } } & 1 \end{vmatrix}

Now, the determinant taken with the 1 / 2 1/2 is simply the expression for area of triangle inscribed in unit circle centred at origin. This means that it's maximum value is simply the maximum area of triangle that can be inscribed in a unit circle = 3 3 4 =\frac { 3\sqrt { 3 } }{ 4 } . (equilateral triangle with side 3 1 / 2 3^{1/2} )

Also, it's easy to see that m a x ( sin ( α ) ) = 1 max(-\sin { ({ \alpha }) } )=1

X = 3 3 4 \Rightarrow X=\frac { 3\sqrt { 3 } }{ 4 }

48 X 2 = 81 \Rightarrow 48X^{2}=\boxed{81}

Great one never imagined or observed such thing while studying determinants +1

U Z - 6 years, 3 months ago

Easy problem !

Nishu sharma - 6 years ago

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