Since the equation is symmetric with respect to α,β,γ we suppose that α≥β≥γ. Then we have:
α≤α+β+γ≤3α⇔α≤vαβγ≤3α⇒1≤vβγ≤3.
We distinguish the following cases:
• v>3. Then vβγ>3, absurd.
• v=3. Then 1≤3βγ≤3⇒βγ=1⇒β=γ=1, and hence
α+2=3α⇔α=1.
Therefore we get the solution: (α,β,γ)=(1,1,1).
• v=2. Then 1≤2βγ≤3⇒βγ=1⇒β=γ=1, and
α+2=2α⇔α=2.
Therefore we get the solution (α,β,γ)=(2,1,1) and using symmetry we obtain the solutions (α,β,γ)=(1,2,1) and (α,β,γ)=(1,1,2).
• v=1. Then 1≤βγ≤3⇒βγ∈{1,2,3}.
If βγ=1, then β=γ=1 and α+2=1, impossible.
If βγ=2, then β=2,γ=1 and α+3=2α⇔α=3.
Therefore (α,β,γ)=(3,2,1) and by symmetry
(α,β,γ)(α,β,γ)(α,β,γ)(α,β,γ)(α,β,γ)=(2,1,3),=(3,2,1),=(3,1,2),=(1,2,3),=(2,3,1).
If βγ=3, then β=3,γ=1 and α+4=3α⇔α=2. (rejected, α<β).
Hence v∈/{1,2,3}.