If a+b+c=0, and w is a complex root of cube roots of unity, then can...
Patricia Crane
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2022-01-17
If , and w is a complex root of cube roots of unity, then can you show that
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godsrvnt0706
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2022-01-18Added 31 answers
Let .
The key idea is to note that
for all X,Y
This, in turn, follows from using the cube roots of unit to factor :
And then substituting on both sides.
Now, using (sum of roots in by Vietta) repeatdly, observe that:
1)
2)
3)
Multiplying out (i), (ii) and (iii), we get: