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KöMaL problem A, 2023

Number theory Difficulty 6.0 National Olympiad Prove it Hungary

Prove that the only integer solution of the following system of equations is u=v=x=y=z=0u=v=x=y=z=0: uv=x2−5y2uv=x^2-5y^2, (u+v)(u+2v)=x2−5z2(u+v)(u+2v)=x^2-5z^2.

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