Find the sum of all possible values of x² + y²

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  • čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
  • This problem is from the Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament.

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  • @peternewseterforever
    @peternewseterforever Před měsícem +18

    What a video. It's really funny when you realize your mistakes, but at least you solve them. Also, good job at finding the solutions; they were quite surprising.

  • @criskity
    @criskity Před měsícem +6

    I love how you catch your mistakes and leave your lessons organic. Reminds me of my university professors!

  • @ahpx7553
    @ahpx7553 Před měsícem +3

    Best math teacher i have ever seen, most think i love is your smile 😊

  • @slavinojunepri7648
    @slavinojunepri7648 Před 19 dny

    13:20 - "and this, is what we've been looking for" with a look that gives goosebumps.😅

  • @Jeremy-i1d
    @Jeremy-i1d Před měsícem +2

    Thank you for your wonderful videos. Your love of maths and the natural way your body and personality express this are beautiful and your and our blessing.
    For this problem, I suggest the last step of adding the two equations you did to get the final value of 3 for x^2 + y^2 needs some justification / expansion. This is because they were only cases - the alternatives to x=y and x=-y respectively - which do not have to be true simultaneously.
    To avoid the need for this, rather than also factorise x^3 + y^3, I prefer to stick with the factorisation of x^3 - y^3 you have and solve the alternative case to x=y, ie the equation x^2 + y^2 + xy -2 = 0, directly. Dividing equation 1 by x and equation 2 by y and subbing for x^2 + y^2 gives 6 + y/x -+ x/y = 2 - xy. Adding the two fractions on LHS and again subbing for x^2 + y^2 leads to a quadratic equation in xy which factorises and has solutions -1 and -2.
    The first of these values for xy gives the final value of 3 (= 2--1) for x^2 + y^2.
    The second value for xy gives the value of 4 (2--2) for x^2 + y^2 you found from the x=~y case. This is because when y=~2/x is subbed into equations 1 and 2, it leads to two identical quadratic equations in x^2 and in y^2 which only have solutions for which x=-y.
    So the first of the two equations you used in the last step can hold when x=~y as well as when the second equation you used holds. Nonetheless it is possible for both equations to be true simultaneously, leading to the final value of 3 for x^2 + y^2.
    So with your approach, by justification / expansion, I guess I just mean this. Spelling out that because you have shown that A (x=y) or B (your first equation) is true, and also that C (x=-y) or D (your second equation) is true, 4 cases arise: A and C, A and D, B and C and B and D. And that by adding your two equations you are considering the last of these cases, the first three having already been dealt with, being those leading to the values of 0, 8 and 4 for x^2 + y^2 respectively.
    Again, thank you for your lovely and inspirational videos and look forward to seeing the next one ❤
    so much for your wonderful forward to your next video

    • @PrimeNewtons
      @PrimeNewtons  Před měsícem

      I appreciate this derailed feedback. I must say, sometimes I change my strategy when I start recording because I become concerned about making the video too long. I never stop learning.

  • @cosmosapien597
    @cosmosapien597 Před měsícem +3

    We can use the two formulas:-
    x³-y³=(x-y)(x²+y²+xy) and
    x³+y³=(x+y)(x²+y²-xy)
    when (x-y) and (x+y) are not 0. We can calculate separately for when they are 0.
    Substituting values of x³ and y³ in the above formulas, we get
    2 = x²+y²+xy and
    4 = x²+y²-xy
    which gives x²+y²=3
    Now for the (x-y)=0 and (x+y)=0 cases, we can substitute x=y and x=-y respectively and get
    x²+y² = 4 and
    x²+y² = 8 respectively.
    So total three possible values, and their sum is 3+4+8= 15

    • @SGuerra
      @SGuerra Před měsícem +1

      Muito bom. Eu fiz do mesmo jeito que o seu! Brazil - Agosto 2024. Very good. I did it the same way as yours! Brazil - August 2024.

  • @franolich3
    @franolich3 Před měsícem +1

    Very interesting problem. A variation on the solution:
    x^3 = 3x + y [eq.1]
    y^3 = x + 3y [eq.2]
    Either x=y=0 or neither x nor y are 0 (x=0 => y=x^3-3x=0 etc). So in the case where both x and y are non-zero:
    [eq.1] / x:
    => x^2 = 3 + y/x [eq.3]
    [eq.2] / y:
    => y^2 = 3 + x/y [eq.4]
    Let R = x^2 + y^2.
    [eq.3] + [eq.4]:
    => R = 6 + y/x + x/y
    => R - 6 = (x^2 + y^2) / xy
    => (R-6)xy = R [eq.5]
    [eq.2] - [eq.1]:
    => y^3-x^3 = 2(y - x)
    => (y-x)(x^2 + xy + y^2) - 2(y-x) = 0
    => (y-x)(x^2 + xy + y^2 - 2) = 0
    Case 1: x = y
    [eq.1] => x^3 = 4x
    => x = y = 0, ±2
    => R = 0, 8
    Case 2: x^2 + xy + y^2 - 2 = 0
    => xy = 2 - R [eq.6]
    [eq.6] in [eq.5]:
    => (R-6)(2-R) = R
    => 2R - R^2 - 12 + 6R = R
    => R^2 - 7R + 12 = 0
    => (R-4)(R-3) = 0
    => R = 3, 4
    ∴ R = x^2 + y^2 ∈ {0, 3, 4, 8}

  • @boguslawszostak1784
    @boguslawszostak1784 Před měsícem

    for x 0 and y 0 we can substitute t=x/y
    x^2=3+1/ t
    y^2=3+t
    So:
    sum=x^2+y^2=6+t+1/t
    x^2/y^2=t^2=(3+1/ t)/(3+t)
    so
    t^3*(3+t)=3t+1
    t^4+3t^3-3t-1=0
    (t^4-1)+3t(t^2-1)=0
    (t^2+1)(t^2-1)+3t(t^2-1)=0
    (t^2+3t+1)(t^2-1)=(t^2+3t+1)(t-1)(t+1)=0
    t=1 gives 6+1+1=8
    t=-1 gives 6-1-1=4
    (t^2+3t+1)=0 gives to solution witch sum is - 3 an product of roots is 1 so
    t+1/t is sum of roots
    gives us
    sum= 6-3=3
    0+2+4+8=15

  • @prime423
    @prime423 Před měsícem +3

    A Mathematican who is a good teacher. A rare combination!!

  • @nanamacapagal8342
    @nanamacapagal8342 Před 23 dny

    BEFORE WATCHING:
    I already suspect something with sum and difference of cubes. Let's add and subtract both equations and see what we get
    x^3 + y^3 = 4x + 4y
    x^3 - y^3 = 2x - 2y
    Pull out some factors
    (x+y)(x^2 - xy + y^2) = 4(x+y)
    (x-y)(x^2 + xy + y^2) = 2(x-y)
    Consider for the moment that x ≠ y and x ≠ -y.
    x^2 - xy + y^2 = 4
    x^2 + xy + y^2 = 2
    Now add both equations
    2x^2 + 2y^2 = 6
    x^2 + y^2 = 3
    Can this happen?
    Subtract the equations instead.
    2xy = -2
    x^2 + 2xy + y^2 = 1
    (x+y)^2 = 1
    x^2 - 2xy + y^2 = 5
    (x-y)^2 = 5
    x and y can be real, this checks out
    What about when x = y?
    x^3 = 3x + x
    x^3 = 4x
    x^3 - 4x = 0
    x(x-2)(x+2) = 0
    x = 0, 2, -2
    -> y = 0, 2, -2
    x^2 + y^2 = 0, 8
    Or when x = -y?
    x^3 = 3x - x
    x^3 = 2x
    x^3 - 2x = 0
    x(x-sqrt(2))(x+sqrt(2)) = 0
    x = 0, sqrt(2), -sqrt(2)
    y = 0, -sqrt(2), sqrt(2)
    x^2 + y^2 = 0, 4
    (0, 0) is a duplicate solution
    Total: 3 + 0 + 8 + 4 = 15

  • @prakrit1280
    @prakrit1280 Před měsícem

    Respect to you Sir 🫡 The videos show thy love for the subject. Today is 'Guru Purnima' in India, a day to respect thy teachers 😇 So, once again, respect to you Sir for the informative videos, Thank you 😇😊

  • @doug95124
    @doug95124 Před měsícem +1

    My approach was to get the equations into a form involving x^2 + y^2 from the beginning, so I realized that if I multiplied the first equation by x and the second equation by y and then subtracted the second from the first, I get x^4 - y^4 = 3x^2 + 3y^2. Then moving everything to one side and factoring, I get (x + y)(x - y)(x^2 + y^2 - 3) = 0. Then I solved x and y for when x = y and x = -y and also knew that x^2 + y^2 = 3 is also a solution. Is this a valid approach?

    • @doug95124
      @doug95124 Před měsícem +1

      Oops, I meant x^4 - y^4 = 3x^2 - 3y^2 in my comment above. We all seem to be having problems keeping signs straight 🙂

  • @SGuerra
    @SGuerra Před měsícem

    Muito bonita a questão! Parabéns pela escolha. Essa eu fiz facilmente. Brasil - agosto 2024. Very beautiful question! Congratulations on your choice. I did this easily. Brazil - August 2024.

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs Před 23 dny +1

    X^3=3X+Y Y^3=3Y+X X^2+Y^2=8 I don’t have to think about it.

  • @user-id5do9ly3z
    @user-id5do9ly3z Před měsícem

    I plot the grafics and should have quite interesting if you have done the same to show the geometric meaning

  • @johnkabila6617
    @johnkabila6617 Před měsícem

    Indeed never stop learning!

  • @renyxadarox
    @renyxadarox Před měsícem

    12:25 you can't conclude that x²+y²=3 is a solition without check x and y are both real.

  • @joseluishablutzelaceijas928

    Thanks for the video and the solution. Maybe it is worth quickly checking that or arguing why x^2 + y^2 = 3 also leads to real solutions for x and y? (this is anyways the case, and 3 is therefore a legitimate value for x^2 + y^2)

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs Před 23 dny +1

    X^2+Y^2=4+XY

  • @boguslawszostak1784
    @boguslawszostak1784 Před měsícem

    It would be appropriate to also ensure that the solution to the equations for which the condition x2+y2=3 is satisfied is real solution, (not complex).

  • @childrenofkoris
    @childrenofkoris Před 21 dnem

    LOVE IT ❤

  • @user-id5do9ly3z
    @user-id5do9ly3z Před měsícem

    In my understanding the geometric meaning is more interesting than the calculation by itself….plot and see it.

  • @BRUBRUETNONO
    @BRUBRUETNONO Před měsícem

    Thanks for your interersing problem, that I solved as below.
    Please tell me if you like my solution (although quite detailed).
    Of course, I didn't look at your solutions.
    Keep up the good work
    Greetings
    Recall of the system
    x,y € R
    (i) x^3=3x+y
    (ii) y^3=3y+x
    Recall of some usefull equalities
    (a) x^2+y^2=(x+y)^2-2xy
    (b) (x+y)^3=x^3+y^3+3xy(x+y)
    (c) x^3-y^3=(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2)
    (d) x^3+y^3=(x+y)(x^2-xy+y^2)
    From (c), the operation (i)-(ii) gives us
    x^3-y^3=(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2)=3(x-y)+(y-x)=2(x-y)
    So that (x-y)[(x^2+xy+y^2)-2]=0
    Then two cases
    Case A1 (x-y)=0
    or
    Case B1 xy and [(x^2+xy+y^2)-2]=0
    Then
    Case A1 gives x=y so that (i) and (ii) give x^3=3x+x so x^3-4x=0 so x^2(x-4)=0
    So for Case A1 we have x=y=0 so x^2+y^2=0 or x=y=4 so x^2+y^2=32
    Or
    Case B1 xy and (x^2+xy+y^2)-2=0 so xy and x^2+y^2=2-xy
    From (d), the operation (i)+(ii) gives us
    x^3+y^3=(x+y)(x^2-xy+y^2)=3(x+y)+(y+x)=4(x+y)
    So that (x+y)[(x^2-xy+y^2)-4]=0
    Then two cases
    Case A2 (x+y)=0 so that from (i) x=-y gives x^3=3x-x so x^2(x-2)=0
    or
    Case B2 x-y and [(x^2-xy+y^2)-4]=0
    So for Case A2 we have x=-y=0 so x^2+y^2=0 or x=-y=2 so x^2+y^2=4
    Or
    Case B2 x-y and (x^2-xy+y^2)-4=0 so x-y and x^2+y^2=4+xy
    TO SUM UP, we have the following solution with below cases
    Case A1 with x^2+y^2=0 or x^2+y^2=32
    or
    Case A2 with x^2+y^2=0 or x^2+y^2=4
    or
    Case B (B1 and B2 are gathered) with xy and x-y and x^2+y^2=2-xy and x^2+y^2=4+xy
    So that by suming the 2 last equations 2(x^2+y^2)=(2-xy)+(4+xy) so x^2+y^2=3
    Case B x^2+y^2=3
    Let's verify for case B solutions that the conditions xy and x-y are fulfilled.
    We know that x^2+y^2=3 so 3=2-xy and 3=4+xy then xy=-1
    So from (a) x^2+y^2=(x+y)^2-2xy we have 3=(x+y)^2-2.(-1) => (x+y)^2=3-2=1
    Then we have case B3 (x+y=1 and xy=-1) or and case B4 (x+y=-1 and xy=-1)
    From case B3 (x;y) are solutions of t^2-s3.t+p3=0
    (s3=1 the sum of solutions, p3=-1 product of solutions) t^2-t-1=0
    Then [x3;y3]=[(1+sqrt(5))/2;(1-sqrt(5))/2] then x3y3 and x3-y3 then case B3 solutions fulfills the conditions
    From case B4 (x;y) are solutions of t^2-s4.t+p4=0
    (s4=-1 the sum of solutions, p4=-1 product of solutions) t^2+t-1=0
    Then [x4;y4]=[(-1+sqrt(5))/2;(-1-sqrt(5))/2] then x4y4 and x4-y4 then case B4 solutions fulfills the conditions
    TO CONCLUDE the real solutions to the following system
    (i) x^3=3x+y
    (ii) y^3=3y+x
    give the following values for x^2+y^2 as below (from cases A1, A2 and B)
    S={(x^2+y^2)}={0;3;4;32}
    END

  • @johnstanley5692
    @johnstanley5692 Před měsícem

    alternative? g1= x+3*y-y^3 (=0), g2=x^3-3*x-y (=0), g3=x^2+y^2 (=?). remove dependence on 'x' g3-> g3/g1 =r1= y^6 - 6*y^4 + 10*y^2
    g2/g1= r2= y^9 - 9*y^7 + 27*y^5 - 30*y^3 + 8*y=0 = y*(y^2 - 2)*(y - 2)*(y + 2)*(- y^2 + y + 1)*(y^2 + y - 1). y=0 => r1=0;
    r1/(y+2) = 8, r1/(y-2)=8, r1/(y^2-2) = 4, r1/(y^2 + y - 1)=3, r1/(y^2 - y - 1)=3 =>x^2+y^2 = { 0, 3, 4, 8}

  • @kaiserquasar3178
    @kaiserquasar3178 Před měsícem

    I suppose the question on the thumbnail is kinda ambiguous (it's all I looked at before I attempted the problem). Depending on how you interpret it, the answer could be 15 or 30. You get 15 if you plug in only distinct values of x^2+y^2 (those are 0, 3, 4 and 8). But if you decide to find *every* solution to the system, you will find that there are 7 solutions, where one is (0; 0), but after you have 6 solutions where 3 are just the other 3, but flipped, because the system is symmetric. If you count those, you get to 30. Anyways Imma go watch the video now, I know it's gonna be juicy!

  • @mohamadhassan2004
    @mohamadhassan2004 Před měsícem

    Never stop learning 😄🤗🥰...complete

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs Před 23 dny +1

    X^2+Y^2=4

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs Před 23 dny +1

    0+4+8+3=15 final answer

  • @gadysam
    @gadysam Před měsícem

    We have a problem, integrate cos (10x^2)
    Been struggling for days now

    • @JeremyLionell
      @JeremyLionell Před měsícem

      Isn't it the same like cos(x²)? It's non elementary

  • @domanicmarcus2176
    @domanicmarcus2176 Před měsícem

    Sir, starting the time of 6:53, all the work is incorrect. You should have been solving x^2-xy+y^2-4 as equal to zero.

  • @oraz.
    @oraz. Před měsícem

    These olympiad type problems are so hard for me

  • @Burlongaming
    @Burlongaming Před měsícem +1

    This is one of the easiest questions so far

  • @59entoni
    @59entoni Před měsícem

    In the factorization of x^3+y^3 there is a sign error. The result is (x+y)(x^2-xy+y^2) and not (x+y)(x^2+xy+y^2)

    • @robertpearce8394
      @robertpearce8394 Před měsícem +1

      That is corrected later, as noted in the caption.

  • @surendrakverma555
    @surendrakverma555 Před měsícem

    Thanks Sir

  • @Aenderson23
    @Aenderson23 Před měsícem

    I make some calculus and another solutions are (φ,1/φ), (1/φ,φ), (-φ,-1/φ) and (-1/φ,-φ), since φ=golden ratio((1+sqrt(5))/2)

    • @echandler
      @echandler Před 28 dny

      for which the sum of squares = 3

    • @Aenderson23
      @Aenderson23 Před 24 dny

      @@echandler I never said opposite, I only post for curiosity

  • @andirijal9033
    @andirijal9033 Před 17 dny

    two kasus, x = y and x =\ y

  • @masumbillah3036
    @masumbillah3036 Před měsícem

    I get answer by looking the equations. x^2+y^2=3

  • @Snehil9A
    @Snehil9A Před 12 dny

    Actually x³+y³=(x+y)(x²-xy+y)

  • @undefined_sadhu
    @undefined_sadhu Před měsícem

    We can also multiply the 1st equation with x and the second one with y. So we get x⁴ - 3x² = y⁴ - 3y² solving this we get all the possibilities we need one with x²-y² = 0 and one with x²+y²=3. Rest is same

  • @ahandas3299
    @ahandas3299 Před měsícem

    I tried to solve it and i got no solution

  • @talha_coding_tutor
    @talha_coding_tutor Před měsícem +1

    what about the integral i sent you ?

  • @quzpolkas
    @quzpolkas Před měsícem

    Sorry, something doesn't add up to me...
    Suppose we have (among others) two solutions to the original system:
    (x1, y1) such that it satisfies the relation x1^2 + y1^2 = 4 + x1y1
    (x2, y2) such that it satisfies the relation x2^2 + y2^2 = 2 - x2y2
    How can we be sure that x1y1 = x2y2? That doesn't seem at all obvious. Otherwise, the sum (x1^2 + y1^2) + (x2^2 + y2^2) that we want to find as part of our needed quantity is not equal to 6, but is instead equal to 6 + x1y1 - x2y2, which we technically still need to compute.
    And even if we somehow show that x1y1 = x2y2, why do we divide by two after summing? We need to sum ALL possible values of (x^2 + y^2) to get our answer, and two of those values sum to 6. There are also values x^2 + y^2 = 4 and x^2 + y^2 = 8, we don't divide them by 2 when we sum them, do we?
    We didn't find ONE solution (x,y) that yields x^2 + y^2 = 3, we found TWO solutions that, together, yield (x1^2 + y1^2) + (x2^2 + y2^2) = 6. I don't think it is correct to divide by 2 here, unless we also show that x1=x2 and y1=y2, thus making it actually only a single (distinct) solution.
    Cheers!

    • @robertpearce8394
      @robertpearce8394 Před měsícem

      I am not sure that I am following your argument, but maybe the point is that we are finding solutions where the xy terms can be eliminated.

    • @sujitsivadanam
      @sujitsivadanam Před měsícem +1

      ​@@robertpearce8394I think what he's trying to say is how we can be certain that both x^2+y^2 = 4+xy and x^2+y^2 = 2-xy are simultaneously satisfied.

    • @quzpolkas
      @quzpolkas Před měsícem +1

      @@robertpearce8394 Hello! After looking over the problem one more time, I realized the flaw in my reasoning. After transforming our original system into a system of two zero-products, we should never consider any of the consequent equations "in a vacuum", we actually create 4 smaller-degree sub-systems:
      {x-y=0, x+y=0}; {x-y=0, x^2 + y^2 - 4 - xy=0}; {x+y=0, x^2 + y^2 - 2 + xy=0} and {x^2 + y^2 - 2 + xy = 0, x^2 + y^2 - 4 - xy=0}.
      These sub-systems give us all our solutions, and both solutions to the last sub-system yield x^2+y^2=3, which we only add to the resulting sum once.
      I was lost in the sauce, as they say, sorry for the confusion. 😔

    • @quzpolkas
      @quzpolkas Před měsícem +1

      @@sujitsivadanam Yes, that's exactly what I was confused about. And we can be sure they are both satisfied because that's one of the cases/subsystems we are considering when we transition from a bigger system:
      {(x-y)(x^2 + y^2 - 2 + xy) = 0, (x+y)(x^2 + y^2 - 4 - xy)=0}
      to 4 smaller systems that result from it:
      {x-y=0, x+y=0} OR {x-y=0, x^2 + y^2 - 4 - xy=0} OR {x+y=0, x^2 + y^2 - 2 + xy=0} OR {x^2 + y^2 - 2 + xy = 0, x^2 + y^2 - 4 - xy=0}.
      I forgot that you can't just take x,y so that x^2 + y^2 - 2 + xy = 0, you also need x+y=0 or x^2 + y^2 - 4 - xy=0 to hold, otherwise it's not a solution to the original system.

    • @dituluiza1097
      @dituluiza1097 Před měsícem

      Sorry but I don'get something.
      If x=y=2,then x^2+y^2=4, then when x=y=-2 we get oneother sum of x^2+y^2=4.
      Shund't you consider all the values of x and y?

  • @SidneiMV
    @SidneiMV Před měsícem

    Prime Newtons AKA *Maths Beyond The Obvious* .

  • @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs
    @RyanLewis-Johnson-wq6xs Před 23 dny +1

    X^2+Y^2=3