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Calculus Level 5

Let a function f f in three variables x , y , z x,y,z be defined as follows :

f ( x , y , z ) = ln ( x 3 + y 3 + z 3 3 x y z ) f(x,y,z)=\ln(x^3+y^3+z^3-3xyz)

Also, we define the following :

E n ( x , y , z ) = i { x , y , z } f i i i i i n times n Z + \LARGE \mathcal{E}_n(x,y,z)=\sum_{i\in\{x,y,z\}}f_{\underbrace{iii\ldots ii}_{n\textrm{ times}}}~\forall~n\in\Bbb{Z^+}

If the value of E 101 ( 1 , 0 , 0 ) \mathcal{E}_{101}(1,0,0) can be represented as A B ! A\cdot B! for integers A , B A,B where A A is a prime, then submit your answer as the value of ( A + B ) (A+B) .

Bonus: Find the explicit formula(s) for E n ( x , y , z ) \mathcal{E}_n(x,y,z) where n Z + n\in\Bbb{Z^+} .


This problem is inspired by one of my calculus professors.

Notations used :

  • For a function f f of n n variables x 1 , x 2 , , x n x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n , we denote f x i \dfrac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} as the partial derivative of f f w.r.t x i x_i where i { 1 , 2 , , n } i\in\{1,2,\ldots,n\} .

  • f a 1 a 2 a n = a 1 ( a 2 ( ( f a n ) ) ) f_{a_1a_2\ldots a_n}=\dfrac{\partial}{\partial a_1}\left(\dfrac{\partial}{\partial a_2}\left(\cdots\left(\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial a_n}\right)\cdots\right)\right) where f f is a function of n n variables a 1 , a 2 , , a n a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n .

  • ln ( ) \ln(\cdot) denotes the natural logarithm .


The answer is 103.

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