Simplifying a Complicated Algebraic Expression

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  • @kevinstewart2572
    @kevinstewart2572 3 года назад +1

    A modified method is to carry out the indicated multiplication in the numerator, then split the result into the two pieces x^7+y^7+z^7 and x^2*y^5+x^5*y^2+z^2*(x^5+y^5)+z^5*(x^2+y^2). The first piece divided by the denominator gets you 1. After substituting -x-y for z in the second part and doing the same in the denominator, arithmetic gets you the additional 3/7 but without the complications of difficult factoring.

  • @scottleung9587
    @scottleung9587 2 года назад

    Another great vid, Syber! Of course I didn't even think about attempting to solve this one, since it's way too much work to fit on my small whiteboard, but it was fun watching you walk us thru the steps.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  2 года назад

      You can do it! You just need a bigger whiteboard 😁

  • @kevinstewart2572
    @kevinstewart2572 3 года назад +3

    When I also looked at x+y+z=0 with similar arrangements of (x^m+y^m+z^m)*(x^n+y^n+z^n)/(x^(m+n)+y^(m+n)+z^(m+n)) for m+n

    • @marcusdecarvalho1354
      @marcusdecarvalho1354 3 года назад

      Just amazing!...

    • @p4vector
      @p4vector 3 года назад

      Let's generalize (2, 5, 7) to (a, b, c). I wrote a script that looked at non-zero |a|, |b|, |c|

  • @amitshoval7653
    @amitshoval7653 3 года назад +11

    Wow thats so cool, it's just like following your instincts that tell you to multiply the powers in the numerator (which gives 10) , divide it by the power in the denominator (which is 7), and get 10/7 😊

    • @adandap
      @adandap 3 года назад

      Try it for (square)x(cube)/(5th power). Your approach would give 2x3/5 = 6/5. The answer is... (left as an exercise for the reader).

    • @dickson3725
      @dickson3725 3 года назад

      @@adandap 3,4,7 doesn't work

  • @henrybarber288
    @henrybarber288 3 года назад +3

    Took me 3 pages of work to do because I massively overcomplicated it. You did it in such a simple way and I’m actually fuming lol

  • @KANISHK-xc5hl
    @KANISHK-xc5hl 3 года назад +3

    You could have assumed x, y, z as roots of a cubic polynomial. Then sum of roots taken one at a time becomes 0, and then use Newton's sum, which simplifies easily as a recurrence relation.

  • @aashsyed1277
    @aashsyed1277 3 года назад

    Your channel is growing fast! And I will keep supporting you! You are a pro!

  • @MathElite
    @MathElite 3 года назад +3

    Congrats on 19K wow
    Really nice problem too

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thank you, Math Elite! Congrats on 2 • 3 • 157 subs! 😁

  • @242math
    @242math 3 года назад +2

    great job Syber, this was complicated but you solved it easily

  • @leecherlarry
    @leecherlarry 3 года назад +2

    depending on what one wants to see as result:
    *Reduce[{x + y + z == 0, ((x^2 + y^2 + z^2) (x^5 + y^5 + z^5))/(x^7 + y^7 + z^7) == a, x > 0, y > 0}, {a, x, y, z}] // TraditionalForm*

  • @george1173
    @george1173 3 года назад +1

    this is so brilliant!!!

  • @arpansit3155
    @arpansit3155 3 года назад +1

    As u told in 11:32 that this can be done in another video I would like to share my idea which is I did same thing in 1 taking 2 as common expression but in other two I just took 7 and 5 as a factor nothing else and then I multiply 1 ex. and 2ex. and found that in the last expression taking 7 as common looks the same then those got cancel and end up with 10/7.

  • @ThAlEdison
    @ThAlEdison 3 года назад +2

    I'm not sure how you would prove it, but
    Given x+y+z=0 and (Sum from i=0 to i=n (a_i)) =(Sum from j=0 to j=m (b_j))
    where each a_i and b_i is a prime>1.
    Then
    (Product from i=0 to i=n (x^(a_i)+y^(a_i)+z^(a_i))) /(Product from j=0 to j=m(x^(b_j)+y^(b_j)+z^(b_j))) =(Product from i=0 to i=n (-1^ceiling(a_i/2)*a_i)) /(Product from j=0 to j=m(-1^ceiling(b_j/2)*b_j))

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Wow!

    • @ThAlEdison
      @ThAlEdison 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath It does make it kind of easy to setup these kinds of questions.

  • @aahaanchawla5393
    @aahaanchawla5393 3 года назад +5

    11:37 you can just factor it as a square of a trinomial

  • @visweswararoach1574
    @visweswararoach1574 3 года назад +2

    This method is so lengthy ,by the concept of theory of equations one can do with in 5 minutes by forming simple related equalities.

  • @manojsurya1005
    @manojsurya1005 3 года назад

    Dude! This problem was so complex, if I had tried this before the video I wud hav used up like 10 pages and realize none of the approach works, and it becomes so complex that my noob brain can't handle it

  • @MultiGurmukh
    @MultiGurmukh 3 года назад

    Put x=2, y=-1 z=-1 and the expression value comes out 10/7. It's a 15 secs sum which generally come in aptitude test.

  • @sigmainclination9483
    @sigmainclination9483 3 года назад +1

    Observe that the given problem is equivalent to sum of roots of cubic eqation in t as 0 .Now use vietas method and recurrence to get it sorted out fast ! Anyway ur method was also nice

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      Your method is very nice, too!

    • @sigmainclination9483
      @sigmainclination9483 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath Thanks brother ❤️

    • @wisdomokoro8898
      @wisdomokoro8898 3 года назад +1

      Your method is slick bro!!! If S[n]=x^n+y^n+z^n then the problem becomes S[2]*S[5]/S[7].... using vieta's and forming a recursion involving S[n] I had letters cancel out and I only bothered about S[2] which is -2(xy+yz+xz) or for me is -2b since b is the coefficient of x in the cubic equation....involving recursion, the rest was history

  • @echandler
    @echandler 3 года назад

    use Newton's identities for power sums and elementary symmetric polynomials.
    for 3 variables (the roots of some cubic):
    e1=p1=x+y+z=0
    e2=xy+xz+yz
    e3=xyz
    p2=(e1)(p1)-2(e2) = -2(e2)
    for j>2: pj = (e1,-e2,e3) dot (pj-1,pj-2,pj-3) and using p1=e1=0:
    p3=3(e3)
    p4=2(e2)^2
    p5=-5(e2)(e3)
    p6=-2(e2)^3 + 3(e3)^3
    p7=7(e2)^2(e3)
    therefore:
    (p2)(p5)/(p7) = (-2(e2))(-5(e2)(e3))/[7(e2)^2(e3)]
    10(e2)^2(e3)/[7(e2)^2(e3)]
    = 10/7
    []

  • @wolfaddict
    @wolfaddict 3 года назад +3

    Interesting... In the problem the exponents are [2,5,7]. The only other solutions I can find with similar behaviour are [2,3,5] and [3,4,7].

  • @quentinchin85
    @quentinchin85 3 года назад +10

    Assume x=2, y=1, z=1; answer is 10/7

    • @Aanirbaann
      @Aanirbaann 3 года назад +3

      (-2,1,1)

    • @alexgarcia77
      @alexgarcia77 3 года назад +3

      But first of all you must prove that it is a constant.

  • @akshatjangra4167
    @akshatjangra4167 3 года назад +8

    I observed one thing 2+5=7

    • @MathElite
      @MathElite 3 года назад +1

      nice fact lmao

    • @akshatjangra4167
      @akshatjangra4167 3 года назад

      @@MathElite 😆

    • @imagoat9070
      @imagoat9070 3 года назад

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    • @akshatjangra4167
      @akshatjangra4167 3 года назад

      @@imagoat9070 i am good, and as i can see we three are together again

    • @imagoat9070
      @imagoat9070 3 года назад

      @@akshatjangra4167 ❤️

  • @janindukaveesha2467
    @janindukaveesha2467 3 года назад

    Incredible solution bro.

  • @p12psicop
    @p12psicop 3 года назад +2

    Please never skip a nontrivial step.

  • @snejpu2508
    @snejpu2508 3 года назад

    Now that was really tough to solve. I didn't try this out, because I thought I have to raise x+y+z to the 5th and 7th powers... That probably wouldn't help me at all, solving this problem required quite a lot of invention. Well, you definitely made up for this "one liner" from a few days ago, where result was -3 and the video could have lasted 1 minute. : ) Keep up the good content.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +3

      Thank you! The point for that video was how painful a solution can be if you do not follow some shortcuts or some elegant method. I like introducing two methods because everyone learns differently, it gives a chance to people to compare and contrast, and it's good for improving problem solving skills.

    • @snejpu2508
      @snejpu2508 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath Lovely. I appreciate it. I also appreciate that despite your channel is growing, you still read every comment under the videos. That's important.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      @@snejpu2508 💖

  • @yoav613
    @yoav613 3 года назад

    Really great video! I like this simplification problems!

  • @mdhasnain_3764
    @mdhasnain_3764 3 года назад +1

    Ah! Beauty...Expressed in symbols💙

  • @АртемДараган-л1п
    @АртемДараган-л1п 3 года назад +1

    Thank you for your efforts ... You have good videos and good presentation of problem solutions. I hope that your channel will continue to grow. Develop further and you will succeed. I wish you all the best ... See you soon ...

  • @tonyhaddad1394
    @tonyhaddad1394 3 года назад

    Intersting ! Good job !

  • @nurfitra2091
    @nurfitra2091 3 года назад

    Well interesting and fun

  • @nicogehren6566
    @nicogehren6566 3 года назад

    very interesting solution sir thank u

  • @JoseFernandes-js7ep
    @JoseFernandes-js7ep 3 года назад

    A surpring result!

  • @rssl5500
    @rssl5500 3 года назад

    I’m these problems typically if you want to solve fast you can assume that plugging any number won’t make any difference ( unless you plug in a value that makes the denominator undefined )
    Plug in -1 and -1 and 2 and you will get :
    1+1+4=6
    -1+-1+32=30
    180/(-1+-1+128) =180/126=20/14=10/7
    Done!

    • @rssl5500
      @rssl5500 3 года назад

      *in these problems

  • @ronnanangelorevillosa682
    @ronnanangelorevillosa682 3 года назад

    This is super nice.

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад +1

      I appreciate that! 😊

  • @akshatjangra4167
    @akshatjangra4167 3 года назад +3

    Nice and quick challenge=> what is/are the values of sqrt4

  • @burgazadaeczanesi5338
    @burgazadaeczanesi5338 Год назад

    it can be solved by assuming x=-1 y=-1 and z=2 for example

  • @jarikosonen4079
    @jarikosonen4079 3 года назад

    Maybe start with plotting to find its constant and then...
    Should just 1 point (or is it line or surface) omit, where x^7+y^7+z^7=0 ? (To avoid division by zero)
    The validity at division by zero could be possible proven with the limes testing.
    If for some reason the original equation is not important here this should be correct.

  • @udayadityabhattacharyya7496
    @udayadityabhattacharyya7496 3 года назад

    I have not done it but got the answer within a minute. From the question it is clear that the answer will be a number. Then put x = 1/2 =y, z = -1.

  • @danmimis4576
    @danmimis4576 3 года назад

    so we have x + y + z = 0 and the powers of 2, 5 and 7 and get 2*5/7. Does that mean that the powers of a, b and c (all naturals) will result in a*b/c?

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Good question! I doubt it but let's hear from other people

    • @md2perpe
      @md2perpe 3 года назад +1

      If (x^a+y^a+z^a)(x^b+y^b+z^b)/(x^c+y^c+z^c) can be simplified to a constant under the condition x+y+z=0, then the value must equal what you get if you take (x, y, z) = (1, -½, -½), which is one point satisfying the condition. The value then becomes (1+2(-½)^a)(1+2(-½)^b)/(1+2(-½)^c), which does not equal ab/c in the general case.

    • @danmimis4576
      @danmimis4576 3 года назад

      @@md2perpe you're probably right. It's easy to check it out but I'm not tempted cuz it doesn't look like there's an elegant solution for this problem (unless induction will do the trick): it was solved by brute force

    • @dickson3725
      @dickson3725 3 года назад +1

      Let xⁿ+yⁿ+zⁿ=P(n)
      (x+y+z)²=0, x²+y²+z²=-2(xy+xz+yz)
      (x+y+z)(x²+y²+z²-xy-xz-yz)=x³+y³+z³-3xyz=0, x³+y³+z³=3xyz
      Using the identity P(n)=P(n-1)(x+y+z)-P(n-2)(xy+xz+yz)+P(n-3)xyz=P(n-2)P(2)/2+P(n-3)P(3)/3
      P(4)=P(2)²/2
      P(5)=P(2)P(3)/2+P(2)P(3)/3=5/6(P(2)P(3))
      P(7)=5/12(P(2)²P(3))+1/6(P(2)²P(3))=7/12(P(2)²P(3))
      P(2)P(5)/P(7)=(5/6P(2)²P(3))/(7/12P(2)²P(3))=10/7
      ab/c hypotesis doesn't work because if we substitute P(3)P(4)/P(7) yielding 6/7 instead of 6/7

  • @timeonly1401
    @timeonly1401 2 года назад

    Wow!

  • @johnhumberstone9674
    @johnhumberstone9674 3 года назад

    Just amazing . . .

  • @zhangmike4852
    @zhangmike4852 3 года назад

    amazing

  • @FenetreSurLeMonde-Laurent
    @FenetreSurLeMonde-Laurent 3 года назад

    Incredible I love it. I'm alwàys wonderinf if There is concrete application in physics for instance

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      Thank you! 💖

    • @FenetreSurLeMonde-Laurent
      @FenetreSurLeMonde-Laurent 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath I guess that x+y+z=0 or x^n+y^n+z^n = 0 and [(x^{n+1}+y^{n+1}+z^{n+1})(x^{n+3}+y^{n+3}+z^{n+3})]/(x^{2n+4}+y^{2n+4}+z^{2n+4})=C I'll check with google sheet

  • @sborpolicka9822
    @sborpolicka9822 3 года назад +1

    a) The solution is 10/7, if x ≠ 0 and y ≠ 0 and z ≠ 0.
    b) There is no solution, if x = 0 or y = 0 or z = 0.

  • @shanmugasundaram9688
    @shanmugasundaram9688 3 года назад

    Good problem.

  • @ramaprasadghosh717
    @ramaprasadghosh717 3 года назад

    x+y+z = 0 implies
    x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = -2(xy+yz+ zx)

  • @matematikateladan4433
    @matematikateladan4433 3 года назад

    Nice tx

  • @TheNarukman
    @TheNarukman 2 года назад

    x+y+z = 0 ; if x or y or z = 0, we cannot find the answer.

  • @krmasterqb
    @krmasterqb 3 года назад

    x+y+z=0, (x+y+z)^7=0, the expression=0

  • @vladimirzahoransky4505
    @vladimirzahoransky4505 3 года назад +3

    Symetrial polynomials and basic theorem so the nominator and denominator can be written in polynomial of (x+y+z)^n + something. Due condition all is about what last number of linear term is in nominator and denominator and this is answer. When we see it better the answer is possible to see inmediatelly :) Too easy.

    • @ribhuhooja3137
      @ribhuhooja3137 3 года назад +1

      Which basic theorem are you referring to?

    • @hydra147147
      @hydra147147 3 года назад

      So how you can generalize this statement? For which n and m (x^n+y^n+z^n)*(x^m+y^m+z^m)/(x^(n+m)+y^(n+m)+z^(n+m)) is independent of the choice of x, y, z?

    • @sakshamsingh1778
      @sakshamsingh1778 3 года назад

      Put x=y=-1 and z,=2 simple

    • @hydra147147
      @hydra147147 3 года назад

      @@sakshamsingh1778 And how does this prove the theorem in general?

    • @webtoon1121
      @webtoon1121 3 года назад

      @@sakshamsingh1778 lmao

  • @alnitaka
    @alnitaka 3 года назад

    So you get 10/7, provided x -y and x^2+xy+y^2 0.

  • @Blabla0124
    @Blabla0124 3 года назад

    or substitute x=1,y=-1,z=0 and x=2,y=-1,z=-1 and see that the answer is always the same

    • @khundeejai7945
      @khundeejai7945 3 года назад

      You get 0/0 in the first case.

    • @Blabla0124
      @Blabla0124 3 года назад

      @@khundeejai7945 true but I think you get my point ;-)

  • @aashsyed1277
    @aashsyed1277 3 года назад

    You are so awesome 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 and a pro!

    • @SyberMath
      @SyberMath  3 года назад

      You too

    • @aashsyed1277
      @aashsyed1277 3 года назад

      @@SyberMath thanks for your videos! Take care and lots of support!

  • @이-k1y9q
    @이-k1y9q 3 года назад

    x=1 , y=1, z=-2 (then x+y+z=0) 대입... end!

  • @fakelove7272
    @fakelove7272 3 года назад

    I was watching art videos and then youtubes algorithm knew it had to show me this

  • @chaparral82
    @chaparral82 3 года назад

    Using the results of another video you only need to find out what (x²+y²+z²)(x³+y³+z³) is, however I get -10/7. Either I made a mistake or you.
    Ok, found it. ;-)

  • @tl1989
    @tl1989 3 года назад +1

    I have a question: Are there infinitely many solutions for this equation? (15)^2a+15b+c=13
    If there is a finite number of solutions: which are they?
    And if there are infinitely many solutions and I use other equations would there be less solutions?
    Please help me I need this because I want to make a graph in an unusual way...
    Thanks

    • @ThAlEdison
      @ThAlEdison 3 года назад

      There are infinite real solutions. Leave a free,
      Set b=-15^(2a-1), set c=13.
      Leave a free, set b=-15^(2a-2) set c=13-14*15^(2a-1)
      etc.

    • @tl1989
      @tl1989 3 года назад

      @@ThAlEdison Thanks a lot!

  • @kursatisik6574
    @kursatisik6574 2 года назад

    x=1 y=1 z=-2
    x+y+z=0
    ...... =10/7

  • @dwaipayandattaroy9801
    @dwaipayandattaroy9801 3 года назад

    2 (X^5+ y^5+z^5) + 2( x^2+ y^2+z^2) what is this =0 Since
    or X+y + z =0/27 = 0 gojamil onko

  • @khundeejai7945
    @khundeejai7945 3 года назад

    Let x=y=1 and z=-2 we get x+y+z=0 and 10/7 is the value of the expression!

    • @dickson3725
      @dickson3725 3 года назад +2

      You cant just substituing some value for x,y,z because we need to prove for all x,y,z satisfy x+y+z=0

    • @marcusdecarvalho1354
      @marcusdecarvalho1354 3 года назад

      But how could I know, without proofs, that it's really a constant?