Forming quadratic

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Suppose x x , y y , and z z are complex numbers satisfying the following system of equations:

{ x + y = z x 3 + y 3 = z 3 3 x y = 1 \begin{cases} x + y = z \\ x^3 + y^3 = z^3 -3 \\ xy = 1 \end{cases}

Find x 2 x + 1 x^2 - x + 1 .


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Let u = z u=-z . Then x + y + u = 0 x+y+u=0 and

x 3 + y 3 + u 3 = 3 ( x + y + u ) ( x 2 + y 2 + u 2 x y y u u x ) + 3 x y u = 3 Note that x + y + u = 0 0 + 3 1 u = 3 and x y = 1 u = 1 \begin{aligned} x^3+y^3 + u^3 & = - 3 \\ (\blue{x+y+u})(x^2+y^2+u^2 - xy-yu-ux) + 3\red{xy}u & = - 3 & \small \blue{\text{Note that }x+y+u = 0} \\ \blue 0 + 3 \cdot \red 1 \cdot u & = - 3 & \small \red{\text{and }xy=1} \\ \implies u & = -1 \end{aligned}

From x + y + u = 0 x+y+\blue u=0 multiplied by x x on both sides, we have:

x 2 + x y + ( 1 ) x = 0 x 2 x + 1 = 0 \begin{aligned} x^2 + \red{xy} + \blue{(-1)}x & = 0 \\ x^2 - x + 1 & = \boxed 0 \end{aligned}

Cubing both side the equation (1), we will obtain x 3 + y 3 + 3 x y ( x + y ) = z 3 ( 4 ) x^3 + y^3 + 3xy(x+y) = z^3 --- (4) Thus, by (1) and (2), equation (4) imply that ( z 3 3 ) + 3 x y z = z 3 ( 5 ) (z^3 -3) + 3xyz = z^3 --- (5) By equation (3), the equation (5) imply that 3 + 3 z = 0 -3 + 3z = 0 , and hence, z = 1 z= 1 . Thus, equation (1) will become x + y = 1 x+y = 1 . Observe that x x and y y are roots of the quadratic equation a 2 a + 1 = 0 a^2 -a +1 = 0 with sum of the roots x + y = 1 x+y=1 and product of the roots x y = 1 xy = 1 . Therefore, x 2 x + 1 = 0 x^2 -x +1 = 0 as desired.

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