The number of positive integer solutions of equation with is ________.
Solution
It is easy to find that the number of positive integer solutions of is .
We now classify these solutions into three categories:
(1)
, the number in this category is obviously 1;
(2) there are exactly two that are equal among —
the number in this category is 1003;
(3) are different from each other — suppose the number in this category is .
From
we have
We get .
Therefore, the number of positive integer solutions
satisfying is
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