2003 AIME II Problems/Problem 15
Problem
Let Let
be the distinct zeros of
and let
for
where
and
are real numbers. Let
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where and
are integers and
is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find
Solution
This can be factored as:
Note that .
So the roots of
are exactly all
-th complex roots of
, except for the root
.
Let . Then the distinct zeros of
are
.
We can clearly ignore the root as it does not contribute to the value that we need to compute.
The squares of the other roots are .
Hence we need to compute the following sum:
Using basic properties of the sine function, we can simplify this to
The five-element sum is just .
We know that
,
, and
.
Hence our sum evaluates to:
Therefore the answer is .
Solution 2
Note that . Our sum can be reformed as
So
And we can proceed as above.
Solution 3
As in Solution 1, we find that the roots of we care about are the 24th roots of unity except
. Therefore, the squares of these roots are the 12th roots of unity. In particular, every 12th root of unity is counted twice, except for
, which is only counted once.
The possible imaginary parts of the 12th roots of unity are ,
,
, and
. We can disregard
because it doesn't affect the sum.
roots have an imaginary part of
,
roots have an imaginary part of
, and
roots have an imaginary part of
. Therefore, the sum equals
.
The answer is .
See also
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