If x 2 − x + 1 = 0 , then what is the value of
x 3 + x 3 1 ?
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We can also do by directly taking the cube of x+1/x after dividing the whole equation by x.
x 2 − x + 1 = 0
⟹ x 2 = x − 1
⟹ x 3 = x 2 − x
⟹ x 3 = ( x − 1 ) − x
⟹ x 3 = − 1
⟹ x 3 + x 3 1 = − 2
Same method:)
The roots of the given equation are: x = 2 1 ± i 3 = e 3 ± π i . If you raise that to the power of 3, you get: ( e 3 ± π i ) 3 = e π = − 1 . Inserting this in the question at hand gives: − 1 + − 1 1 = − 2 .
My way was similar. Multiply by x + 1 to get 0 = ( x 2 − x + 1 ) ( x + 1 ) = x 3 + 1 . This avoids having to find the root.
The problem was motivated by knowing the roots of unity, and that x 2 − x + 1 is the cyclotomic polynomial of n = 6 (meaning that the roots of x 2 − x + 1 = 0 are the primitive 6-th roots).
x 2 − x + 1 = 0 ⇒ ( x + 1 ) ( x 2 − x + 1 ) = 0 ( x + 1 ) . So, x 3 + 1 = 0 ⇒ x 3 = − 1 . So, x 3 + x 3 1 = − 1 + − 1 1 = − 2 .
x 2 − x + 1 = 0
⇒ x + 1 x 3 + 1 = 0
as x = − 1 we have,
x 3 + 1 = 0 or x 3 = − 1
x 3 + x 3 1 = − 2
x 2 − x + 1 x − 1 + x 1 x + x 1 ( x + x 1 ) 3 x 3 + 3 x + x 3 + x 3 1 ⟹ x 3 + x 3 1 = 0 = 0 = 1 = 1 3 = 1 = 1 − 3 ( x + x 1 ) = 1 − 3 ( 1 ) = − 2 Divide both sides by x Rearrange Cube both sides Rearrange Note that x + x 1 = 1
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As it is clear that x = 0 , we can divide the given equation through by x to find that
x − 1 + x 1 = 0 ⟹ x + x 1 = 1 .
We then have that ( x + x 1 ) 2 = 1 ⟹ x 2 + x 2 1 + 2 = 1 ⟹ x 2 + x 2 1 = − 1 .
So finally x 3 + x 3 1 = ( x + x 1 ) ( x 2 + x 2 1 ) − ( x + x 1 ) = ( 1 × ( − 1 ) ) − 1 = − 2 .