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Algebra Difficulty 7.9 National olympiad, round 2 Find the answer

Find all triples (x,y,z)(x,y, z) of real (but not necessarily positive) numbers satisfying
3(x2+y2+z2)=13(x^2 + y^2 + z^2) = 1 , x2y2+y2z2+z2x2=xyz(x+y+z)3x^2y^2 + y^2z^2 + z^2x^2 = xyz(x + y + z)^3.

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Solution

1. Given Equations:
3(x2+y2+z2)=1 3(x^2 + y^2 + z^2) = 1
x2y2+y2z2+z2x2=xyz(x+y+z)3 x^2y^2 + y^2z^2 + z^2x^2 = xyz(x + y + z)^3

2. Check the proposed solutions:
- (x,y,z)=(13,13,13)(x, y, z) = \left(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3}\right)
- (x,y,z)=(13,13,13)(x, y, z) = \left(-\frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}\right)
- (x,y,z)=(13,0,0)(x, y, z) = \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, 0, 0\right) and its cyclic permutations.

3. **Verification of (13,13,13)\left(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3}\right):**
- Substitute into the first equation:
3((13)2+(13)2+(13)2)=3(19+19+19)=339=1 3\left(\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2\right) = 3\left(\frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{9}\right) = 3 \cdot \frac{3}{9} = 1
This satisfies the first equation.
- Substitute into the second equation:
(13)2(13)2+(13)2(13)2+(13)2(13)2=(13)3(13+13+13)3 \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^2 = \left(\frac{1}{3}\right)^3 \left(\frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{3}\right)^3
3(19)2=(127)(1)3 3 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{9}\right)^2 = \left(\frac{1}{27}\right) \left(1\right)^3
3181=127 3 \cdot \frac{1}{81} = \frac{1}{27}
381=127 \frac{3}{81} = \frac{1}{27}
This satisfies the second equation.

4. **Verification of (13,13,13)\left(-\frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}\right):
- The calculations are identical to the previous case since squaring the values will yield the same results.

5. Verification of (13,0,0)\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, 0, 0\right):**
- Substitute into the first equation:
3((13)2+02+02)=313=1 3\left(\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^2 + 0^2 + 0^2\right) = 3 \cdot \frac{1}{3} = 1
This satisfies the first equation.
- Substitute into the second equation:
(13)202+0202+02(13)2=(13)0(13+0+0)3 \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^2 \cdot 0^2 + 0^2 \cdot 0^2 + 0^2 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^2 = \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right) \cdot 0 \cdot \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} + 0 + 0\right)^3
0=0 0 = 0
This satisfies the second equation.

6. General Case Analysis:
- From the second equation, we have:
x2y2+y2z2+z2x2xyz(x+y+z) x^2y^2 + y^2z^2 + z^2x^2 \geq xyz(x + y + z)
This is equivalent to:
(xyyz)2+(yzzx)2+(zxxy)20 (xy - yz)^2 + (yz - zx)^2 + (zx - xy)^2 \geq 0
which is always true.

- Therefore, xyz(x+y+z)3xyz(x+y+z)xyz(x + y + z)^3 \geq xyz(x + y + z). If xyz(x+y+z)xyz(x + y + z) is positive, this implies:
(x+y+z)21 (x + y + z)^2 \geq 1
Using the first equation:
x2+y2+z2=13 x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = \frac{1}{3}
and the identity:
(x+y+z)2=x2+y2+z2+2(xy+yz+zx) (x + y + z)^2 = x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + 2(xy + yz + zx)
we get:
13+2(xy+yz+zx)1 \frac{1}{3} + 2(xy + yz + zx) \geq 1
2(xy+yz+zx)23 2(xy + yz + zx) \geq \frac{2}{3}
xy+yz+zx13 xy + yz + zx \geq \frac{1}{3}
Since x2+y2+z2xy+yz+zxx^2 + y^2 + z^2 \geq xy + yz + zx, we have:
xy+yz+zx13 xy + yz + zx \leq \frac{1}{3}
Therefore:
xy+yz+zx=13 xy + yz + zx = \frac{1}{3}
and equality holds, implying x=y=zx = y = z.

- Solving 3x2=133x^2 = \frac{1}{3}:
9x2=1 9x^2 = 1
x=±13 x = \pm \frac{1}{3}

- If one of x,y,zx, y, z is zero, say z=0z = 0, then:
x2y2=0 x^2y^2 = 0
WLOG, let y=0y = 0, then:
x=±13 x = \pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}

The final answer is (13,13,13),(13,13,13),(13,0,0) \boxed{ \left(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{3}\right), \left(-\frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}, -\frac{1}{3}\right), \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}, 0, 0\right) } and its cyclic permutations.

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