You wouldn’t expect this "quadratic" equation to have 6 solutions!

Surprisingly, the "quadratic" equation x^2+5abs(x)-6=0 has a total of 6 solutions (2 real and 4 complex solutions) which I did not expect. I came up with this equation purely by accident and I think it is super cool. It will feature complex numbers!
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  • @blackpenredpen
    @blackpenredpen3 ай бұрын

    Solving log-power equation x^ln(4)+x^ln(10)=x^ln(25) kzread.info/dash/bejne/qnakvLSQc6rdY5M.html

  • @wasordx3245

    @wasordx3245

    3 ай бұрын

    Help why is 2ab = 0??

  • @jaimeduncan6167

    @jaimeduncan6167

    3 ай бұрын

    When I was a kid I did something similar to solve a problem, and also to find the general formula for the quadratic (I was like 12 years old and was obsessing with complex numbers) this really brought me memories and a general pleasing sensation: reminiscing thanks for sharing.

  • @deltalima6703

    @deltalima6703

    3 ай бұрын

    If x∈ℍ then how many solutions are there?

  • @cicik57

    @cicik57

    3 ай бұрын

    oh I just bracketed out (|x| + 6)( |x| -1 ) = 0 and was guessing where are other solutions, but they are complex :d

  • @sohailansari07289

    @sohailansari07289

    3 ай бұрын

    @@wasordx3245 Because in the equation, Re(x) + 2abi = 0 + 0i Here 2ab is the imaginary part and is called Im(x). Since both Re(x) and Im(x) give 0 and 0i (RHS=0), you can equate them to be 0

  • @sohailansari07289
    @sohailansari072893 ай бұрын

    My heart stopped when he wrote ±2,±3 without i

  • @wesleydeng71

    @wesleydeng71

    3 ай бұрын

    Then you need a defibrillator when watching his videos.

  • @sriprasadjoshi3036
    @sriprasadjoshi30363 ай бұрын

    Love how he explains almost everything from a single problem...Great teacher

  • @Fire_Axus

    @Fire_Axus

    3 ай бұрын

    your feelings are irrational

  • @DarkFox2232

    @DarkFox2232

    3 ай бұрын

    25 years ago, final practical math task consisted of rather simple irrational equation. Me, spending preceding preparatory week only by pushing 4 years of history of literature and all book authors into my brain 18 hours per day (as I did ignore it all those years), came with rather unusual solution... logarithms. I got to right solution through many steps, nobody in class would even understand after explanation. My lovely math teacher looked at it for few minutes and then said: "Isn't there simpler solution?" Then I snapped out of my linguistic/literature attuned mind and answered with single middle step required to get to traditional solution. I did pass with "honors" as it used to be called at time. This random video, YT threw at me today, reminds me of rather unnecessary "mathematical escape" (in this case substitution) from rather direct intuitive "in-mind" solution. (That's as long as one understands principles.) But would it Math Olympics, it would not ask you to solve this equation. It would substitute number "6" for "a" and say something like: "a is in R. Define number of solutions based on value of 'a'. And explain why." Nice to see video which triggers some nostalgia. So I'll finish with: "Why so complex solution?"

  • @yoyoyohey

    @yoyoyohey

    19 күн бұрын

    @@Fire_Axusits almost like they are complex

  • @Ajay_Vector
    @Ajay_Vector3 ай бұрын

    For real x x^2 = |x|^2 So, b^2-5|b|+6 = 0 Let |b| = u u^2-5u+6 = 0 u = 2,3 |b| = 2,3 b = ±2,±3 No need to make case of b>0 or b

  • @blackpenredpen

    @blackpenredpen

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes. I realized that after I finished the video. Lol

  • @bjornfeuerbacher5514

    @bjornfeuerbacher5514

    3 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, you solved the wrong equation... ;) The equation was x² + 5 |x| - 6 = 0. Not x² - 5 |x| + 6 = 0. But obviously your approach also works for the correct equation, yielding |b| = - 6 (which is impossibe) and |b| = 1, which gives exactly the real solutions +- 1 from the video. :)

  • @Ajay_Vector

    @Ajay_Vector

    3 ай бұрын

    @@bjornfeuerbacher5514 I solved for b taking a=0 As in the video

  • @bjornfeuerbacher5514

    @bjornfeuerbacher5514

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Ajay_Vector Ah, ok, you solved the equation at 5:50, not the original one?

  • @Ajay_Vector

    @Ajay_Vector

    3 ай бұрын

    @@bjornfeuerbacher5514 Yeah

  • @michlop452
    @michlop4523 ай бұрын

    Thought it'd be way harder when applying complex numbers but that ab = 0 condition made it trivial, really cool

  • @jarikosonen4079
    @jarikosonen40793 ай бұрын

    Looks like very nice. 0:58 Maybe because the |x| = {-x if x0} doesn't consider complex values.

  • @maxtieu9838

    @maxtieu9838

    3 ай бұрын

    Absolute values of complex numbers do exist. Since the absolute value is defined as the distance of a number from 0, looking at the complex plane, the absolute value of a complex number is possible.

  • @maxtieu9838

    @maxtieu9838

    3 ай бұрын

    Sorry, I just remembered that absolute values of complex numbers are real. Haha

  • @sohailansari07289

    @sohailansari07289

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah, because the domain(x values) of absolute value function in this case is R

  • @shahjahonsaidmurodov2086

    @shahjahonsaidmurodov2086

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@sohailansari07289 if you extend the domain to C, the range remains R

  • @user-iy6dt4xp5o

    @user-iy6dt4xp5o

    2 ай бұрын

    Your definition of absolute value is undefined for x=0. It should return x if x >= 0.

  • @trynottolaughcontent2185
    @trynottolaughcontent21853 ай бұрын

    I love your channel bro, you’re the reason that I can understand calculus and algebra so easily as a freshman, thank you🙏

  • @gregebert5544
    @gregebert55443 ай бұрын

    The first thing that popped-into my mind was "Nah......gotta be 4 solutions (2 for x^2, and 2 more for |x| )"

  • @c.jishnu378

    @c.jishnu378

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, but |x| also applies for complex values, |xi|=x, |-xi|=x. So your logic works.

  • @burk314
    @burk3143 ай бұрын

    The way I ended up solving it was to recognize that the equation can be written as x^2 = 6-5|x|. Since the right side must be a real number, that means that x^2 must be real. This can only happen when x is real or pure imaginary. Then I split into the four cases x real and positive, x real and negative, x = ai for a positive, and x = ai for a negative.

  • @spudhead169
    @spudhead1693 ай бұрын

    It's like mathematical poetry. Beautiful.

  • @table5584

    @table5584

    3 ай бұрын

    Too many sol.

  • @table5584

    @table5584

    3 ай бұрын

    I think I’m going to solve a polynomial of degree 100,900,000

  • @utvikrama

    @utvikrama

    3 ай бұрын

    @@table5584 Go for it :)

  • @Skyler827
    @Skyler8273 ай бұрын

    great video and great solution!

  • @Muslim_qui_doute
    @Muslim_qui_doute3 ай бұрын

    this new video really made my day

  • @penguin9257
    @penguin92573 ай бұрын

    Honestly maths would not be the same for me without these creative problems on this channel

  • @Vidrinskas
    @Vidrinskas3 ай бұрын

    You should try stuff like z^2 +az* + b = 0 where z* is the complex conjugate of z.

  • @hritamkashyap
    @hritamkashyap3 ай бұрын

    Thank you sir ❤

  • @WhiteGandalfs
    @WhiteGandalfs3 ай бұрын

    So, for generalization: An "absolute" term for the "x" in the quadratic equation splits the curve into two separate ones, each having two zero crossings and both symmetrical to the y axis. But since each of them is valid only for either left or right of the y axis, two of the zero crossings are discarded. When going complex, two additional curves with no imaginary part in the resulting value arise along the imaginary x axis, and since along that axis the real part of x - which determines if any zero crossing has to be discarded - remains zero, none of the zero crossings of those two additional curves gets discarded. Thus resulting in 6 solutions as long as the curves along the imaginary x axis have two zero crossings, resp. in 4 solutions if those latter curves have just one zero nudge, or 2 solutions if those latter curves have no zero crossings. That's a nice generalization of curve discussions for quadratic equations. Thanks.

  • @tutorjerry
    @tutorjerry3 ай бұрын

    Wow this is amazing ❤

  • @mathboy8188
    @mathboy81883 ай бұрын

    It's easy in polar: x^2 + 5 |x| - 6 = 0, use x = r e^(i theta), r >= 0, -pi theta in { 0, pi }, and e^(2 i theta) = -1 => 2 theta = 2 pi n + pi => theta = pi ( n + 1/2 ) => theta in { -pi/2, pi/2 }. Now r^2 e^(2 i theta) + 5 r - 6 = 0, so c r^2 + 5 r - 6 = 0, where c = e^(2 i theta) in { -1, 1 }, and so r^2 + 5 c r - 6 c = 0 (using c^2 = 1), so 2 r = -5c +/- sqrt[ 25 c^2 + 24 c ], so 2 r = -5c +/- sqrt[ 25 + 24 c ]. Thus c = 1: 2 r = -5 +/- sqrt[ 49 ] = -5 +/- 7 = 2 (since r > 0, can exclude the -12 solution). c = - 1: 2 r = 5 +/- sqrt[ 1 ] = 5 +/- 1 = { 4, 6 }. Thus x = r e^(i theta), where r = 1 and e^(2 i theta) = 1, so theta in { 0, pi }, or r in { 2, 3 } and e^(2 i theta) = -1, so theta in { -pi/2, pi/2 }. Solutions: x = (1) e^(i (0)) = 1, or x = (1) e^(i (pi)) = -1, or x = (2) e^(i (-pi/2)) = -2i, or x = (2) e^(i (pi/2)) = 2i, or x = (3) e^(i (-pi/2)) = -3i, or x = (3) e^(i (pi/2)) = 3i. Six Solutions: x in +/- 1, +/- 2i, +/- 3i.

  • @bromramon4104
    @bromramon41043 ай бұрын

    Please make a video about Bessel functions!

  • @aktak32
    @aktak323 ай бұрын

    so satisfying... literally! I am disappointed that the video has already ended

  • @jamilshirinov2931
    @jamilshirinov29313 ай бұрын

    Wow, only 12 minutes passed and you already already 500 views 😮 That's the proof of your professionalism ❤

  • @theupson

    @theupson

    3 ай бұрын

    incorrect assertions in the thumbnail is definitely an effective way to engage the math nerds.

  • @bijipeter1471
    @bijipeter14713 ай бұрын

    Thank you,sir

  • @armanavagyan1876
    @armanavagyan18763 ай бұрын

    Stunning😮

  • @knivetsil
    @knivetsil3 ай бұрын

    The marker switching in this video is almost as impressive as the math itself.

  • @twelfthdoc
    @twelfthdoc3 ай бұрын

    I got the real values of x = +- 1 two different ways, but didn't consider purely imaginary values. I remembered the way to check those solutions is to substitute into the original and then take the magnitude - the coefficient of the imaginary part will be equal and opposite to the real value!

  • @djdoc06
    @djdoc062 ай бұрын

    The absolute value sign with obvious potential to add more solutions.

  • @alvaroarizacaro3451
    @alvaroarizacaro3451Ай бұрын

    ¡Felicidades! ¡Qué buen profesor!...

  • @Hey-wy3wb
    @Hey-wy3wb2 ай бұрын

    4:30 was the great relevation. It's not 'not too bad', it's genius. I had been trying this for 30 minutes, then I watched this part, and was like, "Ohhhhhhh!"

  • @strikerstone
    @strikerstone3 ай бұрын

    Learned something new yay

  • @rickyng1823
    @rickyng18232 ай бұрын

    Write complex root z in polar form, z = r exp(I theta). From the equation, theta = 0, pi/2, pi, 3pi/2 when considering the imaginary part. Then the equation can be reduced to of real variable r for each theta. The answers then follow naturally.

  • @driftypencil0148
    @driftypencil01483 ай бұрын

    I got scared when you pulled out the blue pen 😂

  • @mcwulf25
    @mcwulf253 ай бұрын

    Very good. I figured out the +/-2i and +/-3i but didn't find the easy ones!!

  • @Dreamprism
    @Dreamprism3 ай бұрын

    Fun equation!

  • @itzmrinyy7484
    @itzmrinyy74848 күн бұрын

    I foind the 2 real splution, however for the complex ones I just guessed they were the factkrs of 6 and it just happends to work out. After finding out there were complex solutions, I added 2 mkre cases for ±i5x which only gave me ±3i as new solutiond, and afterwards I was stumped

  • @General12th
    @General12th3 ай бұрын

    Hi Dr.! So cool!

  • @Josiahneedshandle
    @Josiahneedshandle3 ай бұрын

    This guy is the only person who could pull an april fools joke on me.

  • @safestate8750
    @safestate87503 ай бұрын

    very cool, never solved an equation like this before

  • @Obsidian_85
    @Obsidian_853 ай бұрын

    Hey what are your thoughts about the 'annals of mathematics studies' series?

  • @lumina_
    @lumina_3 ай бұрын

    wow that is very cool

  • @scottleung9587
    @scottleung95873 ай бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @c.jishnu378
    @c.jishnu3783 ай бұрын

    I think factoring the polynomial(function) first and then checking for x=+, x=+, x=+i, x=-i is faster. Can you please explain why does 6 appear when factoring?

  • @johnathaniel11
    @johnathaniel113 ай бұрын

    2:33 I always got confused with absolute values and modulus (ie vectors) as they both use the same symbol. Finally learnt that they are actually the same function but just different names and different applications. Not the same symbol but different application 😂

  • @theupson

    @theupson

    3 ай бұрын

    parentheses meaning either composition or multiplication is hilariously awful if you think about it. or the right superscript -1, which can mean inverse or reciprocal (some ppl even use the WORDS interchangeably). or the most accursed notation in all of quantitative reasoning: when talking about exponential random variables you often see "mu = 1/ mu" which absolutely doesn't mean mu = +-1, but rather that the two instances of mu IN THE SAME EQUATION have different meanings.

  • @angeldude101

    @angeldude101

    3 ай бұрын

    Some say math is the art of giving the same name to different things. I often say that math is the art of giving different names to the same thing. Magnitude is magnitude, whether applied to scalars, vectors, matrices, or even p-adics, and whether it's called "absolute value", "norm", "modulus", "weight", "length", or "(square root of) determinant". Honestly the biggest crime here is that the determinant uses the same symbol, but actually gives the square of the others if applied to the matrix forms of the corresponding objects. (At least when applied to 2x2 matrices.)

  • @johnathaniel11

    @johnathaniel11

    3 ай бұрын

    @@angeldude101 this is why I find it so confusing 😭

  • @TargetJEEIITBMD
    @TargetJEEIITBMD2 ай бұрын

    Actually I can recommended a better way for getting real roots ie |x| is same as x^2 so hence from there we get 6x^2 =6 and x=+-1

  • @omp199
    @omp1993 ай бұрын

    Now show us the graph, so we can visualise it. You've got a four-dimensional blackboard, haven't you...?

  • @user-dm4us5hc4r
    @user-dm4us5hc4r3 ай бұрын

    你好,有空可以介紹一下Bessel equation 的解與例子嗎?我不太懂甚麼時後用第一類,甚麼時候用第二類

  • @cdkw8254
    @cdkw82543 ай бұрын

    I really want to learn your pen switching technique so that I can flex on my class whenever my teacher calls me on the board. Great video as always though!

  • @lagnugg

    @lagnugg

    3 ай бұрын

    there is a video where he explains how he does it. i can't remember the name exactly but you can search it up. good luck c:

  • @rajdeepsingh26

    @rajdeepsingh26

    3 ай бұрын

    He uploaded that trick yesterday

  • @blackpenredpen

    @blackpenredpen

    3 ай бұрын

    Here you go: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z2Gi26aBh7ewZsY.html

  • @jamescollier3

    @jamescollier3

    3 ай бұрын

    Forget that, I want the link to the tap eraser white board? Where can I get that!?

  • @jeanhuntervega3579

    @jeanhuntervega3579

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@blackpenredpenCan we do this trick with the left hand?

  • @nikitakipriyanov7260
    @nikitakipriyanov72603 ай бұрын

    funny is that when I solved this myself I made mistakes - wrongly solved cases b=0, so I've got -5, 1 for a>0 and 5, -1 for a

  • @SidneiMV
    @SidneiMV2 ай бұрын

    WOW! for a real number a *|a| = √a²* for a complex number z = a + ib (a, b are real) *|z| = √(a² + b²)* wow!!

  • @JSSTyger
    @JSSTyger3 ай бұрын

    OK so I always try before I watch. I came up with only x = 1 and x = -1. I used x²+5x-6 = 0 for x greater than or equal to 0. I used x²-5x-6 for all x less than 0.

  • @JSSTyger

    @JSSTyger

    3 ай бұрын

    Looks like there were complex solutions. I never would have thought...

  • @kalvincochran9505
    @kalvincochran95053 ай бұрын

    The Michael Jordan refrence is awesome 👏

  • @inceden_Matematik
    @inceden_Matematik3 ай бұрын

    Has unlimited solutions. Let me exp. First if u want the solution you should know |x|²=x². Then you will have (|x|+6)(|x|-1) you know x=1 and -1 for real. İf u want the solution for complex x ypu should think |x|=1 , |a+bi|=1, a²+b²=1. this is a circle and has unlimited solutions.

  • @rickyng1823
    @rickyng18232 ай бұрын

    I don't know why my previous comment is not shown... A better way to approach this problem is to write complex root z in polar form, z = r e(i theta), r > 0. Deduce that theta is multiple of pi/2, then the equation can be transformed into quadratic of positive r, and be solved easily.

  • @rv706
    @rv7063 ай бұрын

    You should've written "COMPLEX solutions" in the title, otherwise it's easy to see it has exactly 2 real solutions.

  • @xninja2369

    @xninja2369

    16 күн бұрын

    When you are asked to give a solution of "f(x)" you gotta give all of them. Whether it is real or complex Otherwise it will be written that you need to give a real solution.. I can argue the same way ..

  • @muskyoxes
    @muskyoxes3 ай бұрын

    One of those "tap to erase" whiteboards. Yeah, i got one of those

  • @chaosredefined3834
    @chaosredefined38343 ай бұрын

    Instead of going for cases, set c = |b|. Then, c^2 = |b|^2 = b^2, so you have -c^2 + 5c - 6 = 0, or -(c-2)(c-3) = 0. So, we have c=2 or c=3. So, b = +/- 2 or +/- 3. Similarly, when solving for a, we can set d = |a|. Since d^2 = |a|^2 = a^2, we have d^2 + 5d - 6 = 0, or (d-1)(d+6) = 0. So, d = 1 or d=-6. But d = |a| so must be non-negative, and we can scrap d=-6. So, d=1 and a = +/-1. This still gives you the result that x = 1, -1, 2i, 3i, -2i or -3i.

  • @ek70
    @ek703 ай бұрын

    Awesome! I'm wondering if it's a coincidence that your solutions are all the positive and negative factors of the last term, 6 (+- 1,2,3, and the 6 you rejected). Does taking the absolute value, and using complex numbers for solutions provide all the positive and negative factors of c as solutions?

  • @BryanLu0

    @BryanLu0

    3 ай бұрын

    I think the coefficient on the linear term is also important

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket49343 ай бұрын

    Very nice.

  • @mutenfuyael3461
    @mutenfuyael34613 ай бұрын

    Instead of making 2 cases for, wouldn't it be more efficiente to resole the polynôme in absolute value of b and say b=+or - its absolute value?

  • @Skyler827

    @Skyler827

    3 ай бұрын

    Absolute value doesn't tell you the value of x^2 when x is complex.

  • @BryanLu0

    @BryanLu0

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Skyler827b is the imaginary part

  • @JR13751
    @JR137513 ай бұрын

    Since x^2 is real, x can only be real or imaginary. You can divide it into real and imaginary cases and you don't have to use 2 real variables.

  • @kimau79
    @kimau793 ай бұрын

    5:27 I am not sure if I understand the next step of -b^2 + 5root(b^2) -6 = 0 completely. When b is a real number, then root(b^2) should always return a positive number (principal value of square root). I would have just cancelled the square and the square root. So I don’t understand why it should be treated like an absolute value and divide cases upon that

  • @lumina_

    @lumina_

    3 ай бұрын

    because your way disregards negative values of b

  • @nikitakipriyanov7260

    @nikitakipriyanov7260

    3 ай бұрын

    It is the fact sqrt(b²)≥0 makes you not able to "cancel" sqrt and square. If you put b=-1, you will have sqrt(b²) = 1, but if they're "cancelled" naively, the result will be just b = -1, a different number, meaning cancellation was not allowed since it gave different result. Instead, we write sqrt(b²) = |b| = {b if b≥0, -b if b

  • @user-wf2jj8qe4w
    @user-wf2jj8qe4w3 ай бұрын

    By assuming | x|= t then solving for t we get t=1, -6 that is |x|=1, -6 X= +,-,1 any four imaginary solution Edit: is there any mistake and if yes please point it out

  • @trogdorbu
    @trogdorbu3 ай бұрын

    6 solutions! 6 championships! And if he hung the e picture upside down, another 6!

  • @LeoV6502

    @LeoV6502

    3 ай бұрын

    Three sixes, the cursed number.

  • @LeoV6502

    @LeoV6502

    3 ай бұрын

    And accidental factorial got in your comment too.

  • @nikitakipriyanov7260

    @nikitakipriyanov7260

    3 ай бұрын

    6! = 720, don't forget

  • @syed3344
    @syed33443 ай бұрын

    This question came in my college Enterance exam!

  • @Jexplatoon
    @Jexplatoon3 ай бұрын

    Today in college I ended up trying to solve the equation ln(x)-1/x=0 I eventually ended up trying to use the w function that I came across on this channel: xe^x=e xe^x=(1)e^1 W()=W() x=1 This is clearly not a solution, and I am now left wondering how it should be solved, any help would be greatly appreciated.

  • @omp199

    @omp199

    3 ай бұрын

    Is x allowed to be complex?

  • @EdScav-fc1jo
    @EdScav-fc1jo3 ай бұрын

    Integral of x^x dx?

  • @holger3943
    @holger39433 ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @MrConverse
    @MrConverse3 ай бұрын

    Look at the boxes and boxes of markers behind you!

  • @TsukkiSenpai727
    @TsukkiSenpai7273 ай бұрын

    Anyone know why in the modulus of a complex number , the b part doesn’t have an i ?

  • @omp199

    @omp199

    3 ай бұрын

    When you visualise the complex numbers as a plane with the complex number _a_ + _bi_ represented by the point _(a,_ _b),_ the modulus is just the distance of the point _(a,_ _b),_ from the origin. You can draw a right-angled triangle with length _a_ and height _b,_ with vertices (0, 0), _(a,_ 0), and _(a,_ _b),_ and then you can see that the distance between the origin and the point _(a,_ _b)_ is just the length of the hypotenuse of that triangle. That length is given by Pythagoras's theorem: the square of the length is equal to _a²_ + _b²,_ so the length itself is given by the square root of that.

  • @nickziakas2567
    @nickziakas25673 ай бұрын

    OK so the reason this is the only way that works is because supposing |x| = root(x^2) is not true for complex numbers. Therefore you are solving the equation for x in R. Same for x^2 = |x|^2 as well as if you consider cases. (|x|=x or -x is not true for complex numbers)

  • @wirmaple7336
    @wirmaple73363 ай бұрын

    I was disappointed when I found out the 4 other solutions are complex numbers

  • @MichaelRothwell1
    @MichaelRothwell13 ай бұрын

    Very nice problem! Here is my solution, which is a bit different. x²+5|x|-6=0 ⇔x²=6-5|x| So x² is real If x²≥0, then x is real, so x²=|x|² |x|²+5|x|-6=0 (|x|+6)(|x|-1)=0 As |x|≥0, |x|=1 So x=±1 If x²

  • @blackpenredpen

    @blackpenredpen

    3 ай бұрын

    I was really just lucky to create this equation with 6 solution by accident. Thanks for the solution on why such an equation cannot have 8 solutions!

  • @ozzymandius666
    @ozzymandius6663 ай бұрын

    Is there a general formula for equations of this form?

  • @xa-dienn8172

    @xa-dienn8172

    3 ай бұрын

    if you only want the real solutions you can use the quadratic formula two times. ax² + b|x| + c x

  • @teelo12000
    @teelo120003 ай бұрын

    What if we put the abs part somewhere else, like maybe |x^2 + 5x| -6, or even nest them like |x^2 + 5 |x| |

  • @kelvin31272

    @kelvin31272

    2 ай бұрын

    @teelo12000 That's really interesting wtf

  • @sohailansari07289

    @sohailansari07289

    2 ай бұрын

    The first one will turn into x²+5x±6=0, ==> x=+1,-2,-3,-6 And the second will turn into |x|²+5|x|=0, ==> |x| (|x|+5)=0, ==> x=0

  • @Softcap
    @Softcap3 ай бұрын

    Can you tell me the limit for lim x->inf W(x!)/(W(x)^1/W(x))? Im just curious i put it into wolfhamalpha it didn’t show me the answer

  • @omp199

    @omp199

    3 ай бұрын

    Is that related to this video?

  • @Softcap

    @Softcap

    3 ай бұрын

    No? Im just asking, can I?

  • @omp199

    @omp199

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Softcap I think the comment section should be for discussing the video. If comment sections are filled with random chatter about unrelated matters, it makes it harder for people who want to discuss the video to find relevant discussions.

  • @F_A_F123

    @F_A_F123

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Softcap I think the limit is infinity, since W(x)^(1/W(x)) goes to 1 (i think)

  • @user-xm5ku2fv3p
    @user-xm5ku2fv3p3 ай бұрын

    I was like huh lets see whst this is... Then a few minutes into thr vid im like wait my brain is to small for this😅

  • @mathboy8188
    @mathboy81883 ай бұрын

    This is almost identical to the video's solution, but just to see it with a different spin: First note that x^2 + 5 |x| - 6 = 0 means that x = s is a solution implies x = -s is also a solution. Big observation is that x^2 + 5 |x| - 6 = 0 implies x^2 = - 5 |x| + 6, which is real. But x^2 real implies x is either real or pure imaginary (x^2 real means doubling its argument puts you on the x-axis). In the real case, x = a, and since know x = -a also works, solve it assuming a >= 0, so have: a^2 + 5a - 6 = 0. Thus a^2 + 5a - 6 = (a - 1)(a + 6) = 0, so a in {1, -6} and a >= 0, so a = 1. Thus the real solutions are x = +/-1. In the pure imaginary case, x = a i, a real, so the equation x^2 + 5 |x| - 6 = 0 becomes -a^2 + 5 |a| - 6 = 0, or a^2 - 5 |a| + 6 = 0. Again, since know x = -ai also works, solve it assuming a >= 0: a^2 - 5 a + 6 = 0 => (a - 2)(a - 3) = 0 => a in { 2, 3 }. Thus get the 4 imaginary solutions +/- 2i, +/- 3i.

  • @tomato-rk2xr
    @tomato-rk2xr3 ай бұрын

    x = 1 or -1 ?

  • @NUMEROUNO998
    @NUMEROUNO9983 ай бұрын

    Try solving using graph

  • @Ziron06
    @Ziron063 ай бұрын

    Hey Blackpenredpen, can you find the limit x->0((x!)^(((1)/(x))))?

  • @Ziron06

    @Ziron06

    3 ай бұрын

    pls

  • @dragonslayer7364
    @dragonslayer73643 ай бұрын

    Bro what if we just let mod x = y and we know that x² = modx² so eq become y²+5y-6 then we get( y-6)(y+1)= 0 then mod = 6 and mod x = -1 after that if we open mod it becomes +-6and -+1 so there are four solutions?

  • @mikebenson8045
    @mikebenson80453 ай бұрын

    What about (floor(x^2)) + 5x - 6 = 0 😂

  • @yqisq6966
    @yqisq69663 ай бұрын

    wow that's so bizzar. I'd think that there r 4 solutions, 2 for each of the +/- version.

  • @bloferous
    @bloferous3 ай бұрын

    How do we know that a and b can't be both different than 0?

  • @Shadoxite
    @Shadoxite3 ай бұрын

    Wait so what are the x intercepts??

  • @kflorio54
    @kflorio542 ай бұрын

    How come if b

  • @pavelcherenkov12

    @pavelcherenkov12

    2 ай бұрын

    Same question

  • @timothybohdan7415

    @timothybohdan7415

    7 күн бұрын

    I think he should have explained that the coefficient of 5|b| is still actually +/- 5|b| because of the +/- required by the quadratic equation. Thus, his case for b>0 has the +/- in it, but then four solutions for b>0 are b={+2, +3, "-2", "-3"}, but since the values of b={"-2", "-3"} violate the assumption of b>0, you discard these extraneous solutions for b>0, and thus for b>0 you are left with only b={+2, +3}. Proceeding then for b

  • @dacianbonta2840
    @dacianbonta28403 ай бұрын

    |x| forces x^2 to be real, which forces x to be purely real or purely imaginary. very swag, cool eqn.

  • @haritamar
    @haritamar3 ай бұрын

    Alternative solution - it's easy to see from the equation that x^2 is a real number - which can only happen if x is either real or imaginary (only). If x is real then x^2 = |x|^2 and then solving |x|^2 - 5|x| + 6 yields |x|=1 or |x|=-6. As |x| must be positive we get x=+-1. If x is imaginary then x^2 = -|x|^2 which yields the equation |x|^2-5|x|+6=0. This has the solutions |x|=2 or |x|=3, and therefore x=+-2i or x=+-3i.

  • @King-sd5vg
    @King-sd5vg3 ай бұрын

    why does he define sqrt(a^2) = | a | ? isn't sqrt(a^2) = a ?

  • @Illenom

    @Illenom

    Ай бұрын

    Sqrt is generally defined to only output the positive answer. If you also want the negative answer, you put +/- in front like we see in the quadratic formula. So if sqrt only gives the positive root, sqrt(a^2) only gives a positive value, regardless of whether a was positive or negative- I.e. we get the absolute value.

  • @zhabiboss
    @zhabiboss3 ай бұрын

    Can you do sin(sin(x)) = sin^2(x). I completely forgot the complex form of sine 😢

  • @dilezao
    @dilezao3 ай бұрын

    I didn't undersand why 2abi must be equal to zero, someone could explain?

  • @joaoteixeira8349

    @joaoteixeira8349

    3 ай бұрын

    lets supose you have A+Bi = C+Di. since you can't add or substract the real part from the imaginary part (and vice versa) you can write this as A=C and B=D (in a complex number the Re and Im are linearly idependent) In the case of the video, C = 2ab and D=0, so 2ab = 0

  • @kisalaymishraa
    @kisalaymishraa3 ай бұрын

    He is best mathematical scientist in today’s Era.❤

  • @DeapHere
    @DeapHere3 ай бұрын

    Why 2ab = 0?

  • @BigDBrian

    @BigDBrian

    3 ай бұрын

    we have an equation where REAL + 2abi = 0 if 2ab is not 0, then the right hand side would have a non-zero complex part, but it does not. Maybe it's easier to understand if you see 0 as 0+0i. we are simply matching the complex parts on either side.

  • @BryanLu0
    @BryanLu03 ай бұрын

    Is it possible to make 8 solutions? I don't think so because it seems the 4 cases are just sign flipped versions of the original equation. And the solutions will only both be valid if they are both positive or both negative. I don't think it's possible to maintain this restriction across all four cases.

  • @MichaelRothwell1

    @MichaelRothwell1

    3 ай бұрын

    No, you can't get 8 solutions. Please see my comment for a proof.

  • @HelloIAmAnExist
    @HelloIAmAnExist3 ай бұрын

    7:11 that's literally the exact same equation you started with, but now you approach it from the angle of considering "a>0 or a

  • @sohailansari07289

    @sohailansari07289

    3 ай бұрын

    There's one slight difference, you can only take the condition y>0 and y

  • @sohailansari07289

    @sohailansari07289

    3 ай бұрын

    You can do this at the start too, but you'll get only real answers, i.e., x=±1

  • @Marcos11182
    @Marcos111823 ай бұрын

    Alternative solution: Suppose x is a real number. Using 1:01 , you'll find +-1 as solutions. Now, suppose x is a complex number with non zero imaginary part. From the original equation: x²=6-5|x| For q=6-5|x|, q has to be a real number. But if q>0, x²=q makes x a real number, and we already now the solution; so, let q x = +-2i Then x must be in {-1,+1,+2i,-2i,+3i,-3i} ---- I judge the solution as alternative as it wasn't necessary to use x=a+bi, which reduces for only 2 quadratic equations to solve. However, it was needed a longer argumentation.

  • @bwcbiz
    @bwcbiz3 ай бұрын

    Makes me wonder if there are any such equations with 8 solutions, but it seems to be precluded by the imaginary part 2abi=0

  • @MichaelRothwell1

    @MichaelRothwell1

    3 ай бұрын

    No, you can't get 8 solutions. Please see my comment for a proof.

  • @ky7299
    @ky72993 ай бұрын

    This is the solution for |a + bi| being the eucledian metric. Somebody please solve this equation for |a + bi| being the l1 metric |a + bi| = |a| + |b| and the l∞ metric |a + bi| = |max(a, b)|.

  • @mkpanda
    @mkpanda3 ай бұрын

    Is it possible to set up a similar equation to get 8 solutions?

  • @MichaelRothwell1

    @MichaelRothwell1

    3 ай бұрын

    No, you can't get 8 solutions. Please see my comment for a proof.

  • @user-bi4eo3ys1f

    @user-bi4eo3ys1f

    3 ай бұрын

    0*x^2+|x|-1=0 has infinity solutions.

  • @kylel3784
    @kylel37842 ай бұрын

    (6, -1) (2,3)

  • @spacetimeslasher
    @spacetimeslasher3 ай бұрын

    property |x|²=x²

  • @blackpenredpen

    @blackpenredpen

    3 ай бұрын

    True if x is real. If x is not real, then it doesn’t hold. Try x=2i. The left hand side is 4 but the right hand side is -4.

  • @spacetimeslasher

    @spacetimeslasher

    3 ай бұрын

    ​​@@blackpenredpen i thought that you were solving in IR

  • @NotBroihon

    @NotBroihon

    3 ай бұрын

    @@spacetimeslasher Why solve this in infrared radiation??

  • @NotBroihon

    @NotBroihon

    3 ай бұрын

    @kimtak805 Oh, my bad haha How silly of me. Of course he meant the real numbers. And I was about to tell everyone to put their sunscreen on! Thanks for clearing up this misunderstanding, kimtak805!