Determine all triples (x,y,z) of real numbers satisfying the following system of equations: 23x2⋅43y2⋅163z2(xy2+z4)2=128=4+(xy2−z4)2.
Solution
The first equation can be transformed as follows: ⇔⇔23x2⋅43y2⋅163z2=12823x2+2⋅3y2+4⋅3z2=273x2+23y2+43z2=7
and the second as (xy2+z4)2⇔x2y4+2xy2z4+z8⇔4xy2z4=4⇔xy2z4=1.=4+(xy2−z4)2=4+(x2y4−2xy2z4+z8) Because of the second equation, we note that x must be positive, and we therefore have x=∣x∣. Since the values of two different means m0 and m2/3 of the same variables are equal, each variable must be equal to the mean value 1. We therefore have x=∣y∣=∣z∣=1, and the set of solutions of the given system of equations is therefore (1,−1,−1), (1,−1,1), (1,1,−1), (1,1,1). qed
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