SOLUTION: factorise x^4 + 4^2023

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Question 1208797: factorise x^4 + 4^2023
Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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factorise x^4 + 4^2023.
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Let' start writing

    =  =  =  = .


It has the form ,  where  a = .



Now we will factor  the binomial    by some tricky way


       =  =  -  = 
    

    = factorize as the difference of squares =  = .


Now substitute  a =   into this formula.  Notice that   =  =  =  = .  
You will get


     = ,


or, which is the same,


     = .


It is the desired factorization.

Solved.

In whole,  it looks like a miracle.

I would say more :   not only it looks like a miracle,  it    a miracle.



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