Integers and satisfy the equation above. Find the product .
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We take ( m o d 4 ) of both sides of equation. Since any perfect square can only be equal to 1 , 0 ( m o d 4 ) , then we cannot say that x , y , z are odd, since we get that 3 = ± 2 when taken into account ( m o d 4 ) , which is absurd.
WLOG, suppose only 1 x is even . Then we get that x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ≡ y 2 + z 2 ( m o d 4 ) , but since 2 x y z ≡ 0 ( m o d 4 ) , then this implies that the RHS must also be 0 ( m o d 4 ) , but the only way to achieve this is when y , z are even.
This implies that x = 2 x 1 , y = 2 y 1 , z = 2 z 1 for some integers x 1 , y 1 , z 1 . We substitute this into the original equation to get a new equation 4 x 1 2 + 4 y 1 2 + 4 z 1 2 = 1 6 x 1 y 1 z 1 , which simplifies to x 1 2 + y 1 2 + z 1 2 = 4 x 1 y 1 z 1 Repeating the same logic as above, we get that x 1 , y 1 , z 1 must also be even, i.e. x 1 = 2 x 2 , y 1 = 2 y 2 , z 1 = 2 z 2 , and we can repeat this process ad infinitum. This implies that 2 n x must be an integer for all positive integral values of n , and the only integer which satisfies this is x = 0 . So, if x = 0 , then x y z = 0 , which is our final answer.