Find the coefficient of x 5 0 in the expansion of n = 1 ∏ 5 2 ( x + n ) .
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Exactly Same Way.
The same way.
How did we get the expression 1(2+3+...+52)+2(1+3+4+....+52)+....? @Rishabh Cool
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Yeah ... Right ... Let's start with we have to get x 5 0 in ( x + 1 ) ( x + 2 ) ( x + 3 ) . . . ( x + 5 2 ) which we can get by selecting 2 constant terms and 50 x's from these 52 brackets . Start by choosing 1st constant as 1 and then we can choose the second constant from 2 , 3 ⋯ 5 2 - hence 1 ( 2 + 3 + ⋯ + 5 2 ) - Same situations when we choose second time first constant as 2 we have choices among 1 , 3 , ⋯ 5 2 and so on ⋯ .
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And the 5 0 x ′ s ?
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@Anik Mandal – Basically we get x 5 0 when we select 50 x's and 2 constants from the product of these 52 brackets-
( x + 1 ) ( x + 2 ) ( x + 3 ) . . . ( x + 5 2 )
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@Rishabh Jain – Who is gonna win in roadblock?
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@Department 8 – In roadblock I'm only excited for Brock Lesnar's match.... if no cheating happens he'll surely screw Bray Wyatt........... and for Dean Ambrose match as always HHH and VINce Mcmohan will use unfair means to defeat Dean ambrose but let's see what happens :-)
Using Vieta's formulas, the coefficient of x 5 0 is given by:
a 5 0 = 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ 5 2 ∑ 5 2 i j = 2 1 ⎣ ⎡ ( i = 1 ∑ 5 2 i ) 2 − i = 1 ∑ 5 2 i 2 ⎦ ⎤ Since ( i = 1 ∑ n i ) 2 = i = 1 ∑ n i 2 + 2 1 ≤ i ≤ j ≤ 5 2 ∑ n i j = 2 1 [ ( 2 ( 5 2 ) ( 5 3 ) ) 2 − 6 ( 5 2 ) ( 5 3 ) ( 1 0 5 ) ] = 2 1 [ 1 8 9 8 8 8 4 − 4 8 2 3 0 ] = 9 2 5 3 2 7
Exactly the same way! Nice solution
Your initial sum notation for a 5 0 is a bit flawed since you don't mention the order imposed on i , j . The correct conditions should be 1 ≤ i < j ≤ 5 2 . Your current notation implies that even the terms with i > j are included in the sum which is certainly not true since that'll give you twice the value of a 5 0 .
Another thing is that the roots are actually ( − 5 2 ) , ( − 5 1 ) , … , ( − 2 ) , ( − 1 ) and not 1 , 2 , … , 5 1 , 5 2 as you seem to imply.
The answer comes out correct since ( k = − 5 2 ∑ − 1 k ) 2 = ( k = 1 ∑ 5 2 k ) 2 and k = − 5 2 ∑ − 1 k 2 = k = 1 ∑ 5 2 k 2 .
I suggest cleaning up your solution a bit to reflect these points.
Can you explain the second part in evaluating a 5 0 .
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Using Vieta's formulas , the coefficient of a n − 1 of a monic n t h degree polynomial a n = 1 will be the sum of roots a n − 1 = i = 1 ∑ n i , that of a n − 2 = i = j ∑ n i j , a n − 3 = i = j = k ∑ n i j k ...
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OK, I was talking about the next steps of what you told.
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@Department 8 – ( i = 1 ∑ n i ) 2 ⇒ i = j ∑ n i j = i = 1 ∑ n i 2 + 2 i = j ∑ n i j = 2 1 ⎝ ⎛ ( i = 1 ∑ n i ) 2 − i = 1 ∑ n i 2 ⎠ ⎞
Easier to see if you consider: ( a + b + c ) 2 = a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + 2 ( a b + b c + c a ) .
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@Chew-Seong Cheong – OK it helped a lot.
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@Department 8 – Could you have a look at my new question and check if its wrong. I have a feeling it is.
What if ,if we asked about coefficient of x^49??
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You may want to try this problem .
A similar solution using Vieta formulas (Newton sums method) is possible.
@Chew-Seong Cheong Sir, I do not understand what you have done in the 3rd step. Could you please explain it?
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Just applied the following formulas.
k = 1 ∑ n k k = 1 ∑ n k 2 = 2 n ( n + 1 ) = 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 )
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Given is a product of 52 factors out of which we have to select 50 x's and 2 constants to get x 5 0 i.e 1 ( 2 + 3 . . + 5 2 ) + 2 ( 1 + 3 + 4 . . 5 2 ) + . . + 5 2 ( 1 + 2 + . . + 5 1 ) = i = 1 ∑ n i ( i = 1 ∑ n ( i ) − i ) = i = 1 ∑ n i 2 ( i ( i − 1 ) ) = 2 1 i = 1 ∑ n ( i 3 − i 2 ) ( U s i n g i = 1 ∑ n i = 2 ( n ) ( n + 1 ) , i = 1 ∑ n i 2 = 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) a n d i = 1 ∑ n i 3 = 4 n 2 ( n + 1 ) 2 ) = 2 4 n ( n + 1 ) ( n − 1 ) ( 3 n + 2 ) Putting n=52, we get the desired result i.e 9 2 5 3 2 7