Problem:
Find all pairs of real numbers such that and .
Solution
Solution:
Answer: , , .
To prove this, let . We have
Thus either , or . In the latter case we get , which satisfies both the equations.
In the former case we get . Then at least one of is positive, but not both, as from the second equation we would get . If , we get , which together with yields , . If we get similarly , .
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