Given the polynomial G ( x ) = 1 6 x 4 + 8 x 3 + 4 x 2 + 2 x + 1 has roots a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 that can be written as x n ( cos ( z n π ) + i sin ( z n π ) ) , where 0 ≤ z i < 2 π . n = 1 ∑ 4 z n x n can be written as b a where a and be are coprime integers. find a + b
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I have updated the answer to 173, and removed the -66 from the question. Can you update the solution accordingly?
exactly.. the same as i did :D
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make a substitution t = 2 x the polynomial becomes G ( x ) = t 4 + t 3 + t 2 + t + 1 which is the same thing as G ( x ) = t − 1 t 5 − 1 ⟶ t = 5 1 = 1 now, we know that 1 = e 2 π i = e 4 π i = e 6 π i = e 8 π i so, t = 5 e 2 π i , 5 e 4 π i , 5 e 6 π i , 5 e 8 π i t = cos ( 5 2 π ) + i sin ( 5 2 π ) … … since x = 2 t x = 2 1 ( cos ( 5 2 π ) + i sin ( 5 2 π ) ) … … n = 1 ∑ 4 5 2 x 2 1 = 4 8 1 2 5 1 2 5 + 4 8 = 1 7 3