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Algebra Difficulty 7.1 National olympiad, round 2 Find the answer

Given is a natural number n3n \geq 3. Solve the system of equations:
${tan(x1)+3cot(x1)=2tan(x2)tan(x2)+3cot(x2)=2tan(x3)tan(xn)+3cot(xn)=2tan(x1) \begin{cases} \tan (x_1) + 3 \cot (x_1) &= 2 \tan (x_2) \\ \tan (x_2) + 3 \cot (x_2) &= 2 \tan (x_3) \\ & \dots \\ \tan (x_n) + 3 \cot (x_n) &= 2 \tan (x_1) \\ \end{cases} $

A number or a short expression. Fractions can be typed as 3/2, and spacing doesn't matter.

Solution

To solve the given system of equations, we will analyze the function and the behavior of the tangent and cotangent functions.

Given the system of equations:
{tan(x1)+3cot(x1)=2tan(x2)tan(x2)+3cot(x2)=2tan(x3)tan(xn)+3cot(xn)=2tan(x1) \begin{cases} \tan (x_1) + 3 \cot (x_1) &= 2 \tan (x_2) \\ \tan (x_2) + 3 \cot (x_2) &= 2 \tan (x_3) \\ & \vdots \\ \tan (x_n) + 3 \cot (x_n) &= 2 \tan (x_1) \end{cases}

1. Rewrite the equations in terms of a single variable:
Let yk=tan(xk) y_k = \tan(x_k) . Then the system becomes:
{y1+3y1=2y2y2+3y2=2y3yn+3yn=2y1 \begin{cases} y_1 + \frac{3}{y_1} &= 2 y_2 \\ y_2 + \frac{3}{y_2} &= 2 y_3 \\ & \vdots \\ y_n + \frac{3}{y_n} &= 2 y_1 \end{cases}

2. **Analyze the function f(z)=z2+32z f(z) = \frac{z}{2} + \frac{3}{2z} :**
We need to find the fixed points of this function. A fixed point z z satisfies:
z=z2+32z z = \frac{z}{2} + \frac{3}{2z}
Multiplying both sides by 2z 2z to clear the fraction:
2z2=z2+3    z2=3    z=±3 2z^2 = z^2 + 3 \implies z^2 = 3 \implies z = \pm \sqrt{3}

3. **Behavior of the function f(z) f(z) :**
- For z>0 z > 0 , f(z) f(z) has a unique positive fixed point at z=3 z = \sqrt{3} .
- For z<0 z < 0 , f(z) f(z) has a unique negative fixed point at z=3 z = -\sqrt{3} .

4. Convergence to fixed points:
- If y13 y_1 \neq \sqrt{3} , then y1>3 y_1 > \sqrt{3} and yn>3 y_n > \sqrt{3} implies 3<yn+1<yn \sqrt{3} < y_{n+1} < y_n , showing that all positive seeds have orbits converging to 3 \sqrt{3} .
- By symmetry, all negative seeds have orbits converging to 3 -\sqrt{3} .

5. Conclusion for the system:
Since all yk y_k converge to either 3 \sqrt{3} or 3 -\sqrt{3} , we have:
tan(x1)=tan(x2)==tan(xn)=±3 \tan(x_1) = \tan(x_2) = \cdots = \tan(x_n) = \pm \sqrt{3}
Therefore, the solutions for xk x_k are:
(x1,x2,,xn)πZn±(π3,π3,,π3) (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n) \in \pi \mathbb{Z}^n \pm \left( \frac{\pi}{3}, \frac{\pi}{3}, \ldots, \frac{\pi}{3} \right)

The final answer is (x1,x2,,xn)πZn±(π3,π3,,π3) \boxed{ (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n) \in \pi \mathbb{Z}^n \pm \left( \frac{\pi}{3}, \frac{\pi}{3}, \ldots, \frac{\pi}{3} \right) } .

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