Tuesday, 11 December 2012

number theory - Find all integer solutions to a+b+c|ab+bc+ca|abc

As you can see from the title, I am trying to find all integer solutions (a,b,c) to (a+b+c) | (ab+bc+ca) | abc (that is, a+b+c divides ab+bc+ca, and ab+bc+ca divides abc). Unfortunately, I could not find anything on this problem (although I find it hard to believe that nobody though of this before).



What I've found so far

I have looked at the simpler case: (a+b) | ab. I was able to solve this, and all solutions are (a,b)=(α(α+β)γ,β(α+β)γ) with α,β,γZ.



I was also able to reduce the given problem to only one division. If we are able to solve (a0b0+b0c0+c0a0) | (a0+b0+c0)a0b0c0 with gcd, then we know that
\begin{align} a&=a_0(a_0+b_0+c_0)\cdot k\\ b&=b_0(a_0+b_0+c_0)\cdot k\\ c&=c_0(a_0+b_0+c_0)\cdot k\\ \end{align}
For k\in\mathbb{Z} are all solutions to the original problem. However, I was not able to solve this. I have computed a few solutions to the last (and the corresponding solutions for the original problem) but was not able to find a pattern. Any progress on the problem is welcome!

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