$ xy^3z^3 = yx^3z^3 = zx^3y^3 $ Is there a way to solve this system?
I think the answer is 1, but i can't verify my intuition.
$ xy^3z^3 = yx^3z^3 = zx^3y^3 $ Is there a way to solve this system?
I think the answer is 1, but i can't verify my intuition.
Clearly if one of the variables is $0$ then all three equations are satisfied. Suppose then that's not the case. We rewrite as $y^2 = x^2,\ \ x^2 = z^2,\ \ y^2 = z^2$ Letting $x$ be a free-variable, we have $y = \pm x$ and $z=\pm x$.
Another way of looking at it, clearly $x=0$, or $y=0$, or $z=0$ is a solution. So, starting with \begin{alignat*}{3} xy^3z^3 &= yx^3z^3 &&= zx^3y^3 \end{alignat*} And considering the case where $x \ne 0$, $y \ne 0$, $z \ne 0$ \begin{alignat*}{3} y^2z^2 &= x^2z^2 &&= x^2y^2 \end{alignat*} Considering each pair of equalities, we get: \begin{align*} y^2z^2 &= x^2z^2 & x^2z^2 &= x^2y^2 & y^2z^2 &= x^2y^2 \\ \implies y &= \pm x & z &= \pm x & z &= \pm x \\ \implies y &= \pm x & z &= \pm x \end{align*} Hence the solutions are points of the form $(0,a,b)$, $(a,0,b)$, $(a,b,0)$, or $(a, \pm a, \pm a)$ for $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$.