| Banned Esq. Location: Somewhere funny | You should do your own homework. But I will do it for you this once. The easiest method is to use DeMoivre's Theorem, which presumably you know,
exp(iy) = (cos(y + 2(PI)n) + i sin(y + 2(PI)n)). n is an integer.
put x^3 = a*exp(iy). So y = 0 and a = 192/81.
Then
x = (a^(1/3))*exp(i(y/3))
x = (a^(1/3))*(cos(y/3 + 2(PI)n/3) + i sin(y/3 + 2(PI)n/3))
Here we have
y = 0
so
x = (a^(1/3))*(cos(2(PI)n/3) + i sin(2(PI)n/3))
Then stick in integers for n,
n = 0
x = (a^(1/3))*(cos(0) + i sin(0))
x = (a^(1/3)) = 4/3
n = 1
x = (a^(1/3))*(cos(2(PI)/3) + i sin(2(PI)/3))
x = (2/3)*(1 + i Sqrt(3))
n = 2
x = (a^(1/3))*(cos(4(PI)/3) + i sin(4(PI)/3))
x = (2/3)*(1 - i Sqrt(3))
n >= 3 just cycles through these solutions.
These solutions define an equilateral triangle in the complex plane. PuPu did it a really nice way, and yeah you have to get 3 answers. |