2005 Paper 3 Q6

Year: 2005
Paper: 3
Question Number: 6

Course: UFM Pure
Section: Complex numbers 2

Difficulty: 1700.0 Banger: 1516.0

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In this question, you may use without proof the results \[ 4 \cosh^3 y - 3 \cosh y = \cosh (3y) \ \ \ \ \text{and} \ \ \ \ \mathrm{arcosh} \, y = \ln ( y+\sqrt{y^2-1}). \] \noindent[ {\bf Note: } \(\mathrm{arcosh}y\) is another notation for \(\cosh^{-1}y\,\)] Show that the equation \(x^3 - 3a^2x = 2a^3 \cosh T\) is satisfied by \( 2a \cosh \l \frac13 T \r\) and hence that, if \(c^2\ge b^3>0\), one of the roots of the equation \(x^3-3bx=2c\) is \(\ds u+\frac{b}{u}\), where \(u = (c+\sqrt{c^2-b^3})^{\frac13}\;\). Show that the other two roots of the equation \(x^3-3bx=2c\) are the roots of the quadratic equation \[\ds x^2 + \Big( u+\frac{b}{u}\Big) x + u^2+\frac{b^2}{u^2}-b=0\, ,\] and find these roots in terms of \(u\), \(b\) and \(\omega\), where \(\omega = \frac{1}{2}(-1 + \mathrm{i}\sqrt{3})\). Solve completely the equation \(x^3-6x=6\,\).

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In this question, you may use without proof the results
\[
4 \cosh^3 y - 3 \cosh y = \cosh (3y)
\ \ \ \ \text{and} \ \ \ \ 
\mathrm{arcosh} \, y = \ln ( y+\sqrt{y^2-1}).
\] 
 
\noindent[
{\bf Note: } $\mathrm{arcosh}y$ is another notation for 
$\cosh^{-1}y\,$]
Show that the equation $x^3 - 3a^2x = 2a^3 \cosh T$  
is satisfied by $ 2a \cosh \l \frac13 T \r$  
and hence that, if $c^2\ge b^3>0$,  
one of the roots of the equation $x^3-3bx=2c$  
is $\ds u+\frac{b}{u}$, where 
$u = (c+\sqrt{c^2-b^3})^{\frac13}\;$. 
 
Show that the other two roots of  
the equation $x^3-3bx=2c$ are the roots of the  
quadratic equation  
\[\ds x^2 + \Big( u+\frac{b}{u}\Big) x + u^2+\frac{b^2}{u^2}-b=0\, ,\]  
and find these roots in terms of $u$, $b$  and $\omega$,  
where $\omega = \frac{1}{2}(-1 + \mathrm{i}\sqrt{3})$. 
 
Solve completely the equation $x^3-6x=6\,$.