Trinomial

Algebra Level 5

Let a , b a,b be the roots of the square trinomial f ( x ) = x 2 2 x 1 f(x)=x^2-2x-1 , and c , d c,d be the roots of the square trinomial g ( x ) = x 2 3 x 1 g(x)=x^2-3x-1 .

The minimum value of g 3 ( a ) f ( c ) + g 3 ( b ) f ( d ) g^3(a)f(c)+g^3(b)f(d) can be expessed in the form m + n l m+n\sqrt{l} , where m , n , l m,n,l are integers and l l is a free-square number.

Find m + n + l m+n+l .


The answer is 0.

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1 solution

Rishabh Jain
Feb 25, 2016

Let L = g 3 ( a ) f ( c ) + g 3 ( b ) f ( d ) \large \mathfrak{L}=g^3(a)f(c)+g^3(b)f(d) f ( x ) = x 2 2 x 1 = g ( x ) + x \color{#D61F06}{f(x)=x^2-2x-1=g(x)+x} Similarly g ( x ) = f ( x ) x \color{#D61F06}{g(x)=f(x)-x}
Now, g ( a ) = f ( a ) a = a ( f ( a ) = 0 ) g ( b ) = f ( b ) b = b ( f ( b ) = 0 ) f ( c ) = g ( c ) + c = c ( g ( c ) = 0 ) f ( d ) = g ( d ) + d = d ( g ( d ) = 0 ) g(a)=f(a)-a=-a~~~~(\because f(a)=0)~\\ g(b)=f(b)-b=-b~~~~(\because f(b)=0)~~\\ f(c)=g(c)+c=c~~~~(\because g(c)=0)~~\\ f(d)=g(d)+d=d~~~~(\because g(d)=0)~~\\ Now plugging these in L \mathfrak{L} :- L = ( a 3 c + b 3 d ) \Large \mathfrak{L}=-(a^3c+b^3d) Now since f ( x ) = 0 f(x)=0 x = 1 ± 2 \implies x=1\pm\sqrt 2 .
g ( x ) = 0 x = 3 ± 13 2 g(x)=0\implies x=\dfrac{3\pm \sqrt{13}}{2} .
We can clearly see that f(x) and g(x) both have a negative and a positive root . For L \mathfrak L to be a minimum the quantity inside bracket ( i . e a 3 c + b 3 d ) (i.e ~ a^3c+b^3d) must attain the largest p o s s i b l e possible p o s i t i v e positive value . This would happen when we choose a a and c c as the positive roots of f ( x ) f(x) and g ( x ) g(x) ( i . e 1 + 2 and 3 + 13 2 (i.e ~1+\sqrt 2\text{ and } \dfrac{3+\sqrt{13}}{2} respectively). Hence L \mathfrak L is minimum when a = 1 + 2 , b = 1 2 , c = 3 + 13 2 , d = 3 13 2 \color{#20A900}{a=1+\sqrt 2, b=1-\sqrt 2, c=\dfrac{3+\sqrt{13}}{2},~~\\ d=\dfrac{3-\sqrt{13}}{2}} Substituting in L \mathfrak L , we get: L = ( ( 1 + 2 ) 3 ( 3 + 13 2 ) + ( 1 2 ) 3 ( 3 13 2 ) ) \mathfrak{L}=-((1+\sqrt 2)^3(\dfrac{3+\sqrt{13}}{2})+(1-\sqrt 2)^3(\dfrac{3-\sqrt{13}}{2})) = 21 5 26 \Large =-21-5\sqrt{26} 21 5 + 26 = 0 \huge \therefore -21-5+26=\huge\color{#456461}{\boxed{\color{#D61F06}{\boxed{\color{#007fff}{\textbf{0}}}}}}


Ah!! It hurts when you solve throughout correctly and make a mistake at the end

Aakash Khandelwal - 5 years, 3 months ago

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Omg, I can't believe that I counted it 52 at the very and... Ahh

Дарья Низовцева - 5 years, 3 months ago

Well, I thought g 3 ( x ) g^3(x) was g ( g ( g ( x ) ) ) g(g(g(x))) . Looks like the jokes on me.

Terry Smith - 5 years, 3 months ago

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