If x + y + z = 0 , simplify
( z x − y + x y − z + y z − x ) ( x − y z + y − z x + z − x y ) .
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Exactly !!
Currently I am busy , so I am posting a short solution (Not a solution actually). Substitute ( x , y , z ) = ( 1 , ω , ω 2 ) where ω is a complex cube root of unity. On simplification we get that the expression equals 9
But putting x=1,y=1 and z=-2 we get zero as a solution
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In that case, one of the fractions is undefined.
did the same way ..lol hahaa
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If we were to expand the expression, each term of the first parenthesis would be multiplied by the 3 terms of the other parenthesis.Notice that there would be one step in this process where each term would multiply by a visual reciprocal. What I mean by visual reciprocal is that it is noticeable.
1 + 1 + 1 + ( . . . )
( . . . ) = 6 remaining terms
The next thing to notice is that because x+y+z = 0 , the other 2 multiplications of each term would result in other instances of multiplications by reciprocals.
( y − z ) ( z ) ( x − y ) ( x ) = ( y − ( x + y ) ) z ( x − ( x + z ) ) x = ( − x z ) ( − z x ) = 1
Doing this over and over again will leave us with 9 terms and all of them being 1. Resulting in 9