n乗された2つの数の和を基本対称式で表す
\(\alpha, \beta\)を解とする2次方程式を考える. $$\begin{eqnarray} \left(x-\alpha\right)\left(x-\beta\right)&=&0 \\x^2-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)x+\alpha\beta&=&0 \end{eqnarray}$$ \(\alpha,\beta\)は式の解なので,\(x\)に代入しても式は成り立つ.代入した2つの式を得る. $$ \begin{eqnarray} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} \alpha^2-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\alpha+\alpha\beta&=&0 \\\beta^2-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\beta+\alpha\beta&=&0 \end{array} \right. \end{eqnarray} $$ 第一式には\(\alpha^{n-2}\),第二式には\(\beta^{n-2}\)を両辺に掛ける. $$ \begin{eqnarray} \left\{ \begin{array}{l} \alpha^{n-2} \cdot\left\{\alpha^2-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\alpha+\alpha\beta\right\}&=&\alpha^{n-2}\cdot 0 \\\beta^{n-2}\cdot\left\{\beta^2 -\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\beta +\alpha\beta\right\}&=&\beta^{n-2} \cdot 0 \end{array} \right. \\ \\\left\{ \begin{array}{l} \alpha^{n}-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\alpha^{n-1}+\alpha\beta\alpha^{n-2}&=&0 \\\beta^{n}-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\beta^{n-1}+\alpha\beta\beta^{n-2}&=&0 \end{array} \right. \end{eqnarray} $$ 両式を足し合わせ,n乗の和について解くことで.n乗の和を基本対称式で求める式を得る. $$\begin{eqnarray} &\alpha^{n}&-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\alpha^{n-1}&+\alpha\beta\alpha^{n-2}&=&0 \\+)&\beta^{n}&-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\beta^{n-1}&+\alpha\beta\beta^{n-2}&=&0 \\\hline &\alpha^{n}+\beta^{n}&-\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\left(\alpha^{n-1}+\beta^{n-1}\right)&+\alpha\beta\left(\alpha^{n-2}+\beta^{n-2}\right)&=&0 \end{eqnarray}$$ $$\begin{eqnarray} \alpha^{n}+\beta^{n}&=&\left(\alpha+\beta\right)\left(\alpha^{n-1}+\beta^{n-1}\right)-\alpha\beta\left(\alpha^{n-2}+\beta^{n-2}\right) \end{eqnarray}$$\(\alpha, \beta\)は任意の数でよいのでそれを\(x, y\)とすれば以下の式を得る. $$\begin{eqnarray} x^{n}+y^{n}&=&\left(x+y\right)\left(x^{n-1}+y^{n-1}\right)-xy\left(x^{n-2}+y^{n-2}\right) \end{eqnarray}$$