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#1 2008-09-05 00:32:52

tony123
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Solve

Solve the equation


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#2 2008-09-05 12:06:35

krassi_holmz
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Re: Solve

hm interesting, but i'm stuck.
first of all, notice this (it may actually be the key to the problem if someone uses some strange trigonometric identities):


now, let:
0<y<1 (i like the open intervals)
the equation bacomes

Now, this has a root in the interval we wanted (because of the signs at 0 and 1), but I don't know how to find it analytically...

Actually, plying whit it a little, I noticed that z = -1/4 is a solution to

blah, surely the solution will be some involving tirgonommetric identities.


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#3 2008-09-07 08:24:51

cushydom
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Re: Solve

Setting cos(x)=i/sqrt(6) works. Not sure for the real value(s) tho.

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#4 2008-09-07 11:51:45

krassi_holmz
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Re: Solve

Noop. Plugging in gives 11/46656, not 1/46656, but this is something useful:
the solution of


is given by:

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#5 2008-09-08 05:05:17

sa
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Re: Solve

thats,over my back.

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