Fake log formula

How many different triplets of A , B , C A, B, C such that:
A , B , C N A B C A,B,C \in \mathbb{N} \wedge A \ne B \ne C ,
satisfy this equation:
log ( A + B + C ) = log ( A ) + log ( B ) + log ( C ) \log \left( {A + B + C} \right) = \log \left( A \right) + \log \left( B \right) + \log \left( C \right) ?
Mind that all permutations of A , B , C A, B, C count as only one triplet.

27 64 1 1729 2 0 6 Infinitely many

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1 solution

Sebastian Krieg
Jun 18, 2019

We can write log ( A ) + log ( B ) + log ( C ) = log ( A B C ) \log(A)+\log(B)+\log(C)=\log(A\cdot B\cdot C) .

So, the equation is

log ( A + B + C ) = log ( A ) + log ( B ) + log ( C ) log ( A + B + C ) = log ( A B C ) A + B + C = A B C \begin{aligned} &&\log(A+B+C)&=\log(A)+\log(B)+\log(C)\\ &\Leftrightarrow&\log(A+B+C)&=\log(A\cdot B\cdot C)\\ &\Leftrightarrow&A+B+C&=A\cdot B\cdot C \end{aligned}

So, we need to find three distinct positive integers where the product is equal to the sum.

As we don't count permutations, let's say 1 A < B < C 1\leq A<B<C and we write the sorted triplet as ( A , B , C ) (A,B,C) .

The smallest triplet is ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) (1,2,3) :

1 + 2 + 3 = 6 = 1 2 3 1+2+3=6=1\cdot 2\cdot 3 ,

so we already found one valid triplet.

If at least one of the numbers gets greater by n 1 n\geq 1 , the sum gets greater by n n , too, while the product is increased by at least 2 n 2n , as 1 < B < C 1<B<C .

So, ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) (1,2,3) is the only triplet that satisfies the equation log ( A + B + C ) = log ( A ) + log ( B ) + log ( C ) \log(A+B+C)=\log(A)+\log(B)+\log(C)

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