Mister Exam

Factor polynomial a^5+b^5

An expression to simplify:

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 5    5
a  + b 
$$a^{5} + b^{5}$$
a^5 + b^5
Factorization [src]
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$$\left(a + b\right) \left(a - b \left(\frac{1}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{5}}{4} + i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}\right)\right) \left(a - b \left(- \frac{\sqrt{5}}{4} + \frac{1}{4} - \frac{\sqrt{5} i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}}{2} - \frac{i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}}{2}\right)\right) \left(a - b \left(\frac{1}{4} + \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}} \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}}{8} + \frac{5}{8}} - \frac{\sqrt{5} i \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}}{8} + \frac{5}{8}}}{4} - \frac{i \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}}{8} + \frac{5}{8}}}{4} - \frac{i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{5} i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}}{4}\right)\right) \left(a - b \left(- \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}} \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}}{8} + \frac{5}{8}} + \frac{1}{4} - \frac{i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}}{4} + \frac{i \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}}{8} + \frac{5}{8}}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{5} i \sqrt{\frac{5}{8} - \frac{\sqrt{5}}{8}}}{4} + \frac{\sqrt{5} i \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5}}{8} + \frac{5}{8}}}{4}\right)\right)$$
((((a + b)*(a - b*(1/4 + sqrt(5)/4 + i*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8))))*(a - b*(1/4 - sqrt(5)/4 - i*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)/2 - i*sqrt(5)*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)/2)))*(a - b*(1/4 + sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)*sqrt(5/8 + sqrt(5)/8) - i*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)/4 - i*sqrt(5/8 + sqrt(5)/8)/4 - i*sqrt(5)*sqrt(5/8 + sqrt(5)/8)/4 + i*sqrt(5)*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)/4)))*(a - b*(1/4 - sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)*sqrt(5/8 + sqrt(5)/8) - i*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)/4 + i*sqrt(5/8 + sqrt(5)/8)/4 + i*sqrt(5)*sqrt(5/8 - sqrt(5)/8)/4 + i*sqrt(5)*sqrt(5/8 + sqrt(5)/8)/4))
Numerical answer [src]
a^5 + b^5
a^5 + b^5
Combinatorics [src]
        / 4    4    2  2      3      3\
(a + b)*\a  + b  + a *b  - a*b  - b*a /
$$\left(a + b\right) \left(a^{4} - a^{3} b + a^{2} b^{2} - a b^{3} + b^{4}\right)$$
(a + b)*(a^4 + b^4 + a^2*b^2 - a*b^3 - b*a^3)