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PrintSpring Mathematical Tournament
Bulgaria number theory
Problem
Solve in integers the system
Solution
We shall prove that . It is easy to see that if one of the numbers equals , then the others equal , too. Indeed, if , , then is a rational number, a contradiction. The case , is impossible by the same reasoning. Let . Then and , . Hence and therefore . Then , i.e. or , a contradiction. Analogously .
Let now . Adding both equations and using that divides , we get that , i.e. . Hence . Let , , , , where and . Then the system can be written in the form We shall use the following trivial fact. If and , then at least two of the numbers are equal. This and (1) imply that or , and or . Then it is easy to see that and . Now (1) is equivalent to Since and , adding the last two equations, we conclude as above that , a contradiction.
Let now . Adding both equations and using that divides , we get that , i.e. . Hence . Let , , , , where and . Then the system can be written in the form We shall use the following trivial fact. If and , then at least two of the numbers are equal. This and (1) imply that or , and or . Then it is easy to see that and . Now (1) is equivalent to Since and , adding the last two equations, we conclude as above that , a contradiction.
Final answer
a = b = c = d = 0
Techniques
Techniques: modulo, size analysis, order analysis, inequalities