SOLUTION: Find all the zeroes of x cubed-3 ?

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Question 769183: Find all the zeroes of x cubed-3 ?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20081) About Me  (Show Source):
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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 1%2F3

 %22%22=%22%22 3[cos%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2An%29 + i·sin%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2An%29]

To get the first cube root, we let n=0

∛3[cos%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2A0%29 + i·sin%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2A0%29] = ∛3[cos(0) + i·sin(0)] = ∛3[1 + 0i] = ∛3

To get the second cube root of 3, we let n=1

∛3[cos%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2A1%29 + i·sin%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2A1%29] = ∛3[cos%28%282pi%29%2F3%29 + i·sin%28%282pi%29%2F3%29] = ∛3[-1%2F2 + i·sqrt%283%29%2F2] =

-root%283%2C3%29%2F2%22%22%2B%22%22i%2Aexpr%28+%28root%283%2C3%29root%28%22%60%22%2C3%29%29%2F2%29 

and we can write 

root%283%2C3%29root%28%22%60%22%2C3%29%22%22=%22%22matrix%282%2C1%2C%22%22%2C3%5E%281%2F3%29%2A3%5E%281%2F2%29%29%22%22=%22%22matrix%282%2C1%2C%22%22%2C3%5E%282%2F6%29%2A3%5E%283%2F6%29%29%22%22=%22%22matrix%282%2C1%2C%22%22%2C3%5E%285%2F6%29%29%22%22=%22%22root%286%2C3%5E5%29%22%22=%22%22root%286%2C243%29

So the second cube root of 3 is -root%283%2C3%29%2F2%22%22%2B%22%22expr%28root%286%2C243%29%2F2%29%2Ai

To get the third cube root of 3, we let n=2

∛3[cos%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2A2%29 + i·sin%28expr%282pi%2F3%29%2A2%29] = ∛3[cos%28%284pi%29%2F3%29 + i·sin%28%284pi%29%2F3%29]

and since cos%28%284pi%29%2F3%29 = cos%28%282pi%29%2F3%29, and sin%28%284pi%29%2F3%29 = -sin%28%282pi%29%2F3%29,
 
the third cube root is just the conjugate of the 
second cube root, or

-root%283%2C3%29%2F2%22%22-%22%22expr%28root%286%2C243%29%2F2%29%2Ai

So the zeros of x³ - 3 are:

∛3, -root%283%2C3%29%2F2%22%22%2B%22%22expr%28root%286%2C243%29%2F2%29%2Ai, and -root%283%2C3%29%2F2%22%22-%22%22expr%28root%286%2C243%29%2F2%29%2Ai

Edwin