AlgebraDifficulty 7.9National olympiad, round 2Find the answer
Find all triples (x,y,z) of real (but not necessarily positive) numbers satisfying 3(x2+y2+z2)=1 , x2y2+y2z2+z2x2=xyz(x+y+z)3.
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Solution
1. Given Equations: 3(x2+y2+z2)=1 x2y2+y2z2+z2x2=xyz(x+y+z)3
2. Check the proposed solutions: - (x,y,z)=(31,31,31) - (x,y,z)=(−31,−31,−31) - (x,y,z)=(31,0,0) and its cyclic permutations.
3. **Verification of (31,31,31):** - Substitute into the first equation: 3((31)2+(31)2+(31)2)=3(91+91+91)=3⋅93=1 This satisfies the first equation. - Substitute into the second equation: (31)2(31)2+(31)2(31)2+(31)2(31)2=(31)3(31+31+31)3 3⋅(91)2=(271)(1)3 3⋅811=271 813=271 This satisfies the second equation.
4. **Verification of (−31,−31,−31): - The calculations are identical to the previous case since squaring the values will yield the same results.
5. Verification of (31,0,0):** - Substitute into the first equation: 3((31)2+02+02)=3⋅31=1 This satisfies the first equation. - Substitute into the second equation: (31)2⋅02+02⋅02+02⋅(31)2=(31)⋅0⋅(31+0+0)3 0=0 This satisfies the second equation.
6. General Case Analysis: - From the second equation, we have: x2y2+y2z2+z2x2≥xyz(x+y+z) This is equivalent to: (xy−yz)2+(yz−zx)2+(zx−xy)2≥0 which is always true.
- Therefore, xyz(x+y+z)3≥xyz(x+y+z). If xyz(x+y+z) is positive, this implies: (x+y+z)2≥1 Using the first equation: x2+y2+z2=31 and the identity: (x+y+z)2=x2+y2+z2+2(xy+yz+zx) we get: 31+2(xy+yz+zx)≥1 2(xy+yz+zx)≥32 xy+yz+zx≥31 Since x2+y2+z2≥xy+yz+zx, we have: xy+yz+zx≤31 Therefore: xy+yz+zx=31 and equality holds, implying x=y=z.
- Solving 3x2=31: 9x2=1 x=±31
- If one of x,y,z is zero, say z=0, then: x2y2=0 WLOG, let y=0, then: x=±31
The final answer is (31,31,31),(−31,−31,−31),(31,0,0) and its cyclic permutations.
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