We have
x = 1 + √2
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1 + √2
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1 + .....
We can write
x = 1 + √2
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x multiply both sides by x
x^2 = x + √2
x^2 - x - √2 = 0
The solutions to this are
x = 1 /2 + √ [ 1 + 4√2] / 2 and x = 1/2 - √ [ 1 + 4√2] / 2
Evaluating 1 / [ ( x + 1) (x - 2) ] for either value of x gives
Here's the detail when x = the first value...you can check that the other value gives exactly the same thing for l A l + l B l + l C l
1
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( 1 /2 + √ [ 1 + 4√2] / 2 + 1) ( 1 /2 + √ [ 1 + 4√2] / 2 - 2)
1
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( √ [ 1 + 4√2] / 2 + 3/2 ) ( √ [ 1 + 4√2] / 2 - 3/2 )
1
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( [ 1 + 4√2] / 4 - 9/4 )
1
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√2 - 2
2 + √2
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-2
So .... A, B= 2 and C = -2 and l A l + l B l + l C l = 6