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Exponentiate In Pairs, Get Numbers (Posted on 2007-06-08) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Determine all possible positive real triplets (a, b, c) satisfying ab =c; bc = a and ca = b

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If a^b=c, then a^ab= c^a= b, and then a^abc= b^c= a, so abc=1.

Writing c=1/ab, then a^b=a^-1.b^-1, and then a^bc= a^-c.b^-c= a^-(c+1). If a≠1, this implies bc=-(c+1) which is impossible if b and c are positive, so a=1.

By symmetry, you can also prove b=1 and c=1, so (1,1,1) is the only answer.
  Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2007-06-08 09:31:56
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