| Attila
PfiSztor |
Please, help me with this: Find all real solutions to the system of equations: (x+y)^3=z (y+z)^3=x (z+x)^3=y |
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| Andre
Rzym |
You can derive constraints on , , and (I think - I haven't been through it too carefully) get the complete solution without solving much at all: 1) Observe the trivial solution . 2) Observe that if , , is a solution, then so is , , . 3) If is to be a solution, then If [which impiles ] then [the observation (2) above covering the negative solution] 4) Without loss of generality (and having recorded the solution (1)) we can assume . But [else , and then that . But they can't all be > 1]. So 5) What if ? Write . Then . The latter is so the first equation is not satisfied. So [no need for 'less than or equal to' here since equality would imply that they are all equal, which is a solution we already have] 6) Having recorded solutions (1), (3), any reamining solution must have , from (5). Can we have ? No, because if so, , where and are both . But then, , which is strictly greater than , so the first equation is not satisfied. So both and are . The second equation implies also. So it remains to see whether there is a solution where The answer is no. Write Then . The latter must be , therefore the first equation is not satisfied. So the only solutions are the ones described in (1), (2), (3). Andre |