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m = 2 – 3^(1/2), and so m + 1/m = 4.
We can also write this last equation as m^2 = 4m-1
Given expression = (m^3+1/m^3) +m^2+m
Now, using the identity: a+b+c = 0 implies a^3+b^3+c^3 = 3abc, we have
m + 1/m – 4 implies m^3 + 1/m^3 – 64 = 3 (m) (1/m) (-4) = -12
so that m^3 + 1/m^3 = 64-12 = 52.
Also m^2+m = (4m-1)+m = 5m-1 = 9 – 5(2^1/2)
Adding up we get the given expressions equals 61 – 5 (2^1/2)