Let integers $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in[-3,3]$ be such that $\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b} \neq 0$. Then the number…

Let integers $\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b} \in[-3,3]$ be such that $\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b} \neq 0$. Then the number of all possible ordered pairs
(a, b), for which $\left|\frac{z-\mathrm{a}}{z+\mathrm{b}}\right|=1$ and $\left|\begin{array}{ccc}z+1 & \omega & \omega^2 \\ \omega & z+\omega^2 & 1 \\ \omega^2 & 1 & z+\omega\end{array}\right|=1, z \in \mathrm{C}$, where $\omega$ and $\omega^2$ are the roots of $x^2+x+1=0$, is equal to ________.

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & a, b \in I,-3 \leq a, b \leq 3, a+b \neq 0 \\ & |z-a|=|z+b| \\ & \left|\begin{array}{ccc}z+1 & \omega & \omega^2 \\ \omega & z+\omega^2 & 1 \\ \omega^2 & 1 & z+\omega\end{array}\right|=1 \\ & \Rightarrow\left|\begin{array}{ccc}z & z & z \\ \omega & z+\omega^2 & 1 \\ \omega^2 & 1 & z+\omega\end{array}\right|=1\end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow z\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 1 & 1 \\ \omega & z+\omega^2 & 1 \\ \omega^2 & 1 & z+\omega\end{array}\right|=1 \\ & \Rightarrow z\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 0 & 0 \\ \omega & z+\omega^2-\omega & 1-\omega \\ \omega^2 & 1-\omega^2 & z+\omega-\omega^2\end{array}\right|=1 \\ & \Rightarrow z^3=1 \\ & \Rightarrow z=\omega, \omega^2, 1\end{aligned}$
Now
$\begin{aligned}
& |1-\mathrm{a}|=|1+\mathrm{b}| \\ & \Rightarrow 10 \text { pairs }
\end{aligned}$

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