⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ x + y + z = 0 x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = 1 8 x 7 + y 7 + z 7 = 2 0 5 8
Given that x , y and z satisfy the system of equations above, find the value of x y z .
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⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ x + y + z = 0 x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = 1 8 x 7 + y 7 + z 7 = 2
Given that reals x , y , z satisfy the system of equation above find x y z .
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For this system, we will get
⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ x + y + z = 0 x y + x z + y z = ± 1 5 1 x y z = 6
Put it into a cubic equation, we get
p 3 + 1 5 1 p − 6 = 0 p 3 − 1 5 1 p − 6 = 0
Use the cubic discriminant for both equations, and you should get that both have negative discriminants.
This means that two of the three values x , y , z are complex.
No set of reals x , y , z satisfy this equation system, therefore there is no solution
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Why minus 3xyz ?
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From Newton's Identities:
x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) − ( x y + x z + y z ) ( x + y + z ) + 3 x y z ⟹ x 3 + y 3 + z 3 − 3 x y z = ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 − x y − x z − y z )
If x + y + z = 0 then x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = 3 x y z , because x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 − x y − y z − z x ) + 3 x y z = 0 + 3 x y z . Therefore, x y z = 3 1 8 = 6 .
If x+y+z=0 Then x=-(y+z).
x^3+y^3+z^3 = -(y+z)^3+y^3+z^3 = -3zy^2 - 3yz^2 = 18. Therefore zy^2 + yz^2 = -6
yz(y+z)=-6
xyz = 6.
Consider a polynomial P ( w ) = ( w − x ) ( w − y ) ( w − z ) . We can see that x , y , z are roots of P ( w ) . Expanding it:
P ( w ) = w 3 − ( x + y + z ) w 2 + ( x y + x z + y z ) w − x y z
By Newton's Identities:
a 3 S ( 3 ) + a 2 S ( 2 ) + a 1 S ( 1 ) + a 0 S ( 0 ) = 0
1 ⋅ ( x 3 + y 3 + z 3 ) − ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) + ( x y + x z + y z ) ( x 1 + y 1 + z 1 ) − x y z ( x 0 + y 0 + z 0 ) = 0
1 ⋅ 1 8 − 0 ⋅ ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) + ( x y + x z + y z ) ⋅ 0 − x y z ⋅ 3 = 0 3 x y z = 1 8 x y z = 6
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⎩ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎧ x + y + z = 0 x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = 1 8 x 7 + y 7 + z 7 = 2 0 5 8
⇒ x 3 + y 3 + z 3 = 1 8
Adding ( − 3 x y z ) to both sides.
x 3 + y 3 + z 3 − 3 x y z = 1 8 − 3 x y z
0 ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 − x y − y z − z x ) = 1 8 − 3 x y z
3 x y z = 1 8
∴ x y z = 6