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Is there any real number exactly one less than its cube intermediate value theorem?

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Answer:

≈ 1.32471795725...

Explanation:

If x is one less than its cube, then

x = x³ - 1,

x³ - x - 1 = 0

so f(x) = ? would be an appropriate (continuous) function to apply the Intermedate Value Theorem on some appropriate interval to see if it takes on the value 0 in that interval.

f(x) = x³ - x - 1

For large x the left hand side is positive, for x = 0 it is negative. The root can be calculated exactly, it is given by:


\sqrt[3]{(1)/(2) + \sqrt{(1)/(4) - (1)/(27) }  } + \sqrt[3]{(1)/(2) - \sqrt{(1)/(4) - (1)/(27) }  }

≈ 1.32471795725...

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