If x≥3 and y≥3, then we have:
x1+y2−z4≤31+32−z4=1−z4<1,
and hence the equation is not satisfied. Hence we may have: x≤2 or y≤2.
* For x=1 we have: y2−z4=0⇔z=2y⇔y=k,z=2k, where k is a positive integer. Hence (x,y,z)=(1,k,2k),k∈Z positive.
* For x=2 we have:
y2−z4=21⇔y2=2z8+z⇔y=z+84z⇔y=z+84(z+8)−32⇔y=4−z+832.
Since y is positive integer, it follows that z+8 must be a positive divisor of 32 greater than 8. Therefore z=8 or z=24, and finally we find the solutions: (x,y,z)=(2,2,8) and (x,y,z)=(2,3,24).
For y=1 we have: x1−z4=−1⇔z4=x1+x⇔z=1+x4x=4−1+x4.
Since z must be positive, 1+x must be positive divisor of 4 greater than 1. Therefore we have x=1 or x=3, and finally we find the solutions
(x,y,z)=(1,1,2) or (x,y,z)=(3,1,3).
* For y=2 we have: x1−z4=0⇔z=4x⇔x=ℓ,z=4ℓ, where ℓ is a positive integer. In this case we find the solutions: (x,y,z)=(ℓ,2,4ℓ), where ℓ is a positive integer.
Hence, taking in mind overlapping of solutions we can write the solutions in the
form: (x,y,z)=(1,k,2k), k is a positive integer,(x,y,z)=(ℓ,2,4ℓ),ℓ is a positive integer,(x,y,z)=(3,1,3) and (x,y,z)=(2,3,24).