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HMMT 2024 A9

  • Algebra and Number Theory
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Suppose a,ba, b, and cc are complex numbers satisfying

a2=b−c,b2=c−a, and c2=a−b.\begin{aligned} a^{2} & =b-c, \\ b^{2} & =c-a, \text { and } \\ c^{2} & =a-b . \end{aligned}

Compute all possible values of a+b+ca+b+c.

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0, \pm i \sqrt{6}

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