x³ - 3 = 0
x³ = 3
So the zeros are the 3 cube roots of 3
3 = 3[cos(2pn) + i·sin(2pn)]
To get the three cube roots of 3, we use DeMoivre's theorem
using the power of
∛3[cos
+ i·sin
]
To get the first cube root, we let n=0
∛3[cos
+ i·sin
] = ∛3[cos(0) + i·sin(0)] = ∛3[1 + 0i] = ∛3
To get the second cube root of 3, we let n=1
∛3[cos
+ i·sin
] = ∛3[cos
+ i·sin
] = ∛3[
+ i·
] =


and we can write










So the second cube root of 3 is 

To get the third cube root of 3, we let n=2
∛3[cos
+ i·sin
] = ∛3[cos
+ i·sin
]
and since cos
= cos
, and sin
= -sin
,
the third cube root is just the conjugate of the
second cube root, or


So the zeros of x³ - 3 are:
∛3, 

, and 

Edwin