Example 4 Find all positive integer tuples such that
Solution
Let be a set of positive integers that satisfy the conditions. Then, from (3), we have , .
Consider the following quadratic function:
The coefficient of the quadratic term is , and .
Notice that the discriminant of the function is
Therefore, if , then , which contradicts .
If , then the axis of symmetry of the quadratic function is , so
which also contradicts .
Thus, it can only be that . In this case, , so is the minimum value of the function , hence , i.e., .
Direct verification shows that when , the array is a set of positive integers that meet the requirements, and these are the answers we seek.
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