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Homework Statement
Solve: [tex]x^3 + 4\sqrt{1+i} = 0[/tex]
and express in both cartesian and polar form.
Homework Equations
[tex]e^{i\theta} = \cos (\theta) + i \sin (\theta)[/tex]
The Attempt at a Solution
What I did was move the constant term to the right hand side and squared both sides to get: [tex]x^6 = 16 + 16 i[/tex]
which implies: [tex]x = (16+16i)^{1/6} = \left[16\sqrt{2}\right]^{1/6} e^{\frac{(8k+1)\pi i}{6}}[/tex]
Then I simply sub in k = 0, 1, .., 5 for all my roots. But the original equation is a polynomial of degree 3. There should be only 3 factors. Do I have to test them all to see if they work? Or is there an easier way...
Thanks.