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  • Apr 13, 2007, 08:37 AM
    chaand
    imaginary roots
    Hi,
    I have two questions.


    1. Show that x^5+x^2+1=0 has four imaginary roots


    2.Show that fermat's little theorem is a special case of Euler's theorem .


    Thanks,

    Chaand
  • Apr 13, 2007, 05:24 PM
    galactus
    #1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat's_little_theorem

    #2:



    Notice, by Descartes' rule of signs, the number of zeros of f(x) either is equal to the number of variations of sign of f(-x) or is less than that by an even integer.

    Therefore, you have 1 negative root and 4 complex roots.

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