Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
Algebra & Trigonometry with Analytic Geometry
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Transcribed Image Text:Problem 1.A (Application of de Moivre's Theorem: Finding the roots of a cubic polynomial) Notice
that for any cubic polynomial
dividing by a and substituting x = y —
3b
а
ax3 + bx2+cx+d,
a 0,
gives a cubic polynomial in depressed form,
y3 + py + q.
For this depressed cubic, the discriminant (the analogue of the quadratic discriminant b2 - 4ac of ax2 + bx + c) is
_
A = -4
-4p3 - 27q2,
and as with the quadratic discriminant the roots of the quadratic are all real and distinct if A > 0. Henceforth
assume that A >0. (An analogous technique can be used to handle the case A < 0.)
a. Expand e30 in two different ways to establish the identity.
cos 30 = 4 cos3 0 - 3 cos 0.
Remark: The same method yields general formulae for cos no and sinne, nЄZ, as polynomials in sin 0, cos 0.
b. We solve the depressed cubic for y by exploiting the identity in (a); with solutions y in hand we can recover
x by reversing the above change x y of variables.
(i) Substitute y
=
A cos in our depressed cubic.
(ii) Rearrange the equation and find a value for A (in terms of p) so that the equation becomes
4 cos3 0-3 cos 0 = K
for some constant K written in terms of p, q.
(iii) Using the identity from (a) our equation becomes cos 30 = K. Find all 3 solutions in terms of p, q.
(iv) Write the solutions in terms of y.
c. The discriminant of the polynomial ƒ(y) := y3 − 3y+1 (already in depressed form) is A = 81 > 0. Use the
technique in (b) to express the roots of the polynomial in terms of cosines of rational multiples of 7.
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