Higher Algebra. What topic is this and where I can read about it?

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I want to find some information about how to solve this problem but I don't even know what topic is this. Maybe it's related to symmetric functions. I've tried searching in books but nothing similar found. I will be glad for any kind of help. Thanks.

PROBLEM:

Let $$f_m = \frac{1}{m} \{((x-y)(z-t))^m + ((x-z)(y-t))^m + ((x-t)(y-z))^m \} $$

Prove that $ f_5^2 = f_3 f_7 $

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