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Problem Given

x3 + y 3 = 1 3xy

then draw the graph of the curve.

Solution

Method I
x3 + y 3 + (1)3 = 3xy (1) 3 3 3 So this implies x + y 1 = 0 or x = y = 1 using x + y + z 3xyz = (x + y + z )(x2 + y 2 + z 2 xy yz zx)
The given expression can be written as

Method II
Other method a student tried to work out.

x3 + y 3 + 3xy (x + y ) = 1 3xy + 3xy (x + y ) (x + y )3 = 1 3xy (1 (x + y )) 1 (x + y )3 = 3xy {1 (x + y )} {1 (x + y )}{1 + x + y + (x + y )2 } = 3xy {1 (x + y )} {1 (x + y )}{1 + x + y + x2 + y 2 xy } = 0

Comparing this with conic equation

1 1 2
1 2

1 2 1 1 2

1 2 1 2

1 1 1 1 = 1 1 8 8 4 4 4 = 0The

equation is a equation representing pair of lines

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But also we must see what is Here

h2

ab =

lines the pair of lines

h2 ab 1 < 0 Though the equation 2 are imaginary as h ab < 0.

{(x+1)2 +(y +1)2 +(xy )2 } 2

represents a pair of

And further we can see that the equation of the pair of lines can be written as

1 + x + y + x2 + y 2 xy =

x = y = 1

as in

the above method. Or rather both methods are one and the same. So the imaginary pair of lines is a point

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