Question Number 88314 by M±th+et£s last updated on 09/Apr/20
$$\left(\:{a},{b}\:\right){are}\:{complex}\:{numbers}\:{and}\:{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{ab}+{b}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$${find}\:\left(\frac{{a}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2020}} +\left(\frac{{b}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2020}} \\ $$$$ \\ $$
Commented by mathmax by abdo last updated on 09/Apr/20
$${a}\:{is}\:{slution}\:{of}\:{x}^{\mathrm{2}} \:+{bx}\:+{b}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Delta={b}^{\mathrm{2}} −\mathrm{4}{b}^{\mathrm{2}} \:=−\mathrm{3}{b}^{\mathrm{2}} \:=\left({i}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \:\Rightarrow{x}_{\mathrm{1}} =\frac{−{b}+{i}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}{b}}{\mathrm{2}}\:={b}\:{e}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \\ $$$${and}\:{x}_{\mathrm{2}} =\frac{−{b}−{i}\sqrt{{b}}}{\mathrm{2}}={be}^{−\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \\ $$$${a}={x}_{\mathrm{1}} \:\Rightarrow\frac{{a}}{{a}+{b}}\:=\frac{{b}\:{e}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} }{{be}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \:+{b}}\:=\frac{{e}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} }{\mathrm{1}+{e}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} }\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}+{e}^{−\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} }\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}−\frac{{i}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}}=\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}−\frac{{i}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}}={e}^{\frac{{i}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \\ $$$$\frac{{b}}{{a}+{b}}\:=\frac{{b}}{{be}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \:+{b}}\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{{e}^{\frac{{i}\mathrm{2}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \:+\mathrm{1}}\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}+\frac{{i}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}}\:=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}+\frac{{i}\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}}\:={e}^{−\frac{{i}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \:\Rightarrow \\ $$$$\left(\frac{{a}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2020}} +\left(\frac{{b}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{\mathrm{2020}} \:=\left({e}^{\frac{{i}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \right)^{\mathrm{2020}} +\left({e}^{−\frac{{i}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \right)^{\mathrm{2020}} \\ $$$$=\mathrm{2}{cos}\left(\frac{\mathrm{2020}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}\right)\:{this}\:{value}\:{can}\:{be}\:{simplified}… \\ $$$${wr}\:{find}\:{the}\:{same}\:{value}\:{for}\:{x}\:={x}_{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$
Answered by MJS last updated on 09/Apr/20
$${a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{ab}+{b}^{\mathrm{2}} =\mathrm{0} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:{b}={a}\left(−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\pm\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}\mathrm{i}\right) \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\frac{{a}}{{a}+{b}}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\mp\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}\mathrm{i}\:\wedge\:\frac{{b}}{{a}+{b}}=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{2}}\pm\frac{\sqrt{\mathrm{3}}}{\mathrm{2}}\mathrm{i} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\left(\frac{{a}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{{n}} +\left(\frac{{b}}{{a}+{b}}\right)^{{n}} =\mathrm{e}^{−\mathrm{i}\frac{{n}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} +\mathrm{e}^{\mathrm{i}\frac{{n}\pi}{\mathrm{3}}} \\ $$$$\mathrm{now}\:\mathrm{you}\:\mathrm{should}\:\mathrm{be}\:\mathrm{able}\:\mathrm{to}\:\mathrm{find}\:\mathrm{the}\:\mathrm{answer} \\ $$
Commented by M±th+et£s last updated on 09/Apr/20
$${thanx}\:{sir}\:.\:{i}\:{think}\:{ans}=−\mathrm{1} \\ $$
Commented by MJS last updated on 09/Apr/20
$$\mathrm{yes} \\ $$
Answered by Joel578 last updated on 10/Apr/20
$$\left({a}\:+\:{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \:−\:{ab}\:=\:\mathrm{0}\:\Rightarrow\:\left({a}\:+\:{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \:=\:{ab}\:\Rightarrow\:\frac{{ab}}{\left({a}\:+\:{b}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} }\:=\:\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\Rightarrow\:\left(\frac{{a}}{{a}\:+\:{b}}\:\right)\left(\frac{{b}}{{a}\:+\:{b}}\right)\:=\:\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\left(\frac{{a}}{{a}\:+\:{b}}\right)\:+\:\left(\frac{{b}}{{a}\:+\:{b}}\right)\:=\:\frac{{a}\:+\:{b}}{{a}\:+\:{b}}\:=\:\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\mathrm{Let}\:{x}\:=\:\frac{{a}}{{a}\:+\:{b}},\:{y}\:=\:\frac{{b}}{{a}\:+\:{b}}\:\mathrm{with}\:{xy}\:=\:\mathrm{1},\:{x}\:+\:{y}\:\:=\:\mathrm{1} \\ $$$$\mathrm{Define}\:{f}\left({n}\right)\:=\:{x}^{{n}} \:+\:{y}^{{n}} \\ $$$${f}\left(\mathrm{1}\right)\:=\:{x}\:+\:{y}\:=\:\mathrm{1} \\ $$$${f}\left(\mathrm{2}\right)\:=\:{x}^{\mathrm{2}} \:+\:{y}^{\mathrm{2}} \:=\:\left({x}\:+\:{y}\right)^{\mathrm{2}} \:−\:\mathrm{2}{xy}\:=\:−\mathrm{1} \\ $$$${f}\left(\mathrm{3}\right)\:=\:{x}^{\mathrm{3}} \:+\:{y}^{\mathrm{3}} \:=\:\left({x}\:+\:{y}\right)^{\mathrm{3}} \:−\:\mathrm{3}{xy}\left({x}\:+\:{y}\right)\:=\:−\mathrm{2} \\ $$$${f}\left(\mathrm{4}\right)\:=\:{x}^{\mathrm{4}} \:+\:{y}^{\mathrm{4}} \:=\:\left({x}^{\mathrm{3}} \:+\:{y}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)\left({x}\:+\:{y}\right)\:−\:{xy}\left({x}^{\mathrm{2}} \:+\:{y}^{\mathrm{2}} \right)\:=\:−\mathrm{1} \\ $$$${f}\left(\mathrm{5}\right)\:=\:\mathrm{1},\:{f}\left(\mathrm{6}\right)\:=\:\mathrm{2},\:{f}\left(\mathrm{7}\right)\:=\:\mathrm{1},\:{f}\left(\mathrm{8}\right)\:=\:−\mathrm{1},\:{f}\left(\mathrm{9}\right)\:=\:−\mathrm{2} \\ $$$${f}\left({n}\right)\:=\:{f}\left({n}+\mathrm{6}\right) \\ $$$$\therefore\:{f}\left(\mathrm{2020}\right)\:=\:{f}\left(\mathrm{4}\right)\:=\:−\mathrm{1} \\ $$
Commented by Joel578 last updated on 10/Apr/20
$$\mathrm{without}\:\mathrm{complex}\:\mathrm{method} \\ $$