Problem:
Find all ordered triples of integers satisfying the following system of equations:
Solution
Solution:
If , then and , and .
Let us assume that , and and where and are nonzero integers such that . Then and , and the second equation gives .
Hence
and
which is satisfied only if or .
- If , then . and are the only solutions in this case.
- If , then . There are no solutions in this case.
- If , then . and are the only solutions in this case.
To summarize, and are the only solutions.
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