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Roots of a cubic real polynomial	Has some problems	Newcastle University Mathematics and Statistics	18/01/2023 08:23
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From the list of complex numbers, choose the one which is a root of the given equation $f(z)=0$ , and hence find all roots.

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Given $\displaystyle f(z) = \simplify[std]{z ^ 3 + {( -2) * a1 -c1}*z ^ 2 + {2 * a1 * c1 + a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2} * z -{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}}$ , one of the following complex numbers is a root $z_1$ of the equation $f(z)=0$ .

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a) Finding a root.

In order to find which one of the four choices is a root you have to evaluate $f(z)$ for each choice.If you find for a choice of $z$ that $f(z)=0$ then that choice of $z$ is a root of the equation.

Note that

$\begin{eqnarray*} \simplify{f({z1})} &=&\simplify[std]{{z1}^3+{-2*a1 -c1}*{z1} ^ 2 + {2 * a1 * c1 + a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2} * {z1} -{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}}\\ &=&\simplify[std]{{z1^3}+{-2*a1 -c1}{z1 ^ 2} + {2 * a1 * c1 + a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2} * {z1} -{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}}\\ &=&\simplify[std]{{z1^3}+{(( -2) * a1 -c1)*z1^2}+ {(2 * a1 * c1 + a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)*z1}-{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}}\\ &=&0 \end{eqnarray*}.$ So of the list of choices

$z_1=\var{z1}$ is a root.

b) The other roots

Now that you have found a complex root it is very simple to find another complex root.

Since $f(z)$ is a polynomial with real coefficients then if $z=z_0$ is a root we have that the conjugate $z=\overline{z_0}$ is also a root.

Hence the complex number $z_2=\overline{\var{z1}}=\var{conj(z1)}$ is a root.

To find the real root $z_3=c$ we note that the constant term of

$f(z) =(z-z_1)(z-z_2)(z-c)$ is

$-z_1z_2c = -(\var{z1})(\var{conj(z1)})c=\var{-z1*conj(z1)}c$ .

But we know that the constant term of $f(z)$ is $\simplify{-{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}}$ .

Hence

$\begin{eqnarray*} \var{-z1*conj(z1)}c &=&\simplify{-{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}}\\ \Rightarrow c &=& \simplify[]{{c1 * (a1 ^ 2 + b1 ^ 2)}/{abs(z1^2)}}\\ &=&\var{c1} \end{eqnarray*}$

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