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      <title>Solution without  the polynomial ring</title>
      <link>http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/139349-Diophantine-Equations?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:diophantine equations:Comments#answer139399</link>
      <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;We look for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;real solutions.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Since the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;number of unknowns is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;greater than the number&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of equations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, we set &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;z =&lt;/span&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;, where&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;t&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;any real number.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Solving the resulting&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;system, we get&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;an infinite number&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of complex solutions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, depending&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;on&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;t&lt;/strong&gt; ,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;some of which may&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;be real.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Equating&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the imaginary parts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, we find&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the desired &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt; .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;restart;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;z:=t:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sol:=allvalues(solve({x^2+y^2+z^2=3, x+y+z=3}, {x, y}));&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;assign(Sol[1]);&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;solve(Im(x)=0, t), solve(Im(y)=0, t) assuming t::real;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;subs(t=1, [x, y, z]);&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;# &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Finding&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;real solutions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;for the first set&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the roots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;x:='x': y:='y':&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;assign(Sol[2]);&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;solve(Im(x)=0, t), solve(Im(y)=0, t) assuming t::real;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;subs(t=1, [x, y, z]);&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;# &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Finding&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;real solutions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;for the&amp;nbsp;second&amp;nbsp;set&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the roots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;We look for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;real solutions.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Since the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;number of unknowns is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;greater than the number&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of equations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, we set &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;z =&lt;/span&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;, where&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;t&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;any real number.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Solving the resulting&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;system, we get&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;an infinite number&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of complex solutions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, depending&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;on&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;t&lt;/strong&gt; ,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;some of which may&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;be real.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Equating&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;to&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the imaginary parts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, we find&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;the desired &amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;t&lt;/strong&gt; .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;restart;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;z:=t:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sol:=allvalues(solve({x^2+y^2+z^2=3, x+y+z=3}, {x, y}));&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;assign(Sol[1]);&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;solve(Im(x)=0, t), solve(Im(y)=0, t) assuming t::real;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;subs(t=1, [x, y, z]);&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;# &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Finding&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;real solutions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;for the first set&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the roots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;x:='x': y:='y':&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;assign(Sol[2]);&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;solve(Im(x)=0, t), solve(Im(y)=0, t) assuming t::real;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;subs(t=1, [x, y, z]);&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;# &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Finding&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;real solutions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;for the&amp;nbsp;second&amp;nbsp;set&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;of the roots&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <guid>139399</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:55:11 Z</pubDate>
      <itunes:author>Kitonum</itunes:author>
      <author>Kitonum</author>
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      <title>Comparison with Mathematica 8.04</title>
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      <itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;In[1]:= Reduce[x^3 + y^3 + z^3 == 3 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; x + y + z == 3, {x, y, z}, Integers]&lt;br&gt;Out[1] = (x == -5 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; z == 4) || (x == 1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == 1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; z == 1) || (x == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == -5 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; z == 4) || (x == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; z == -5)&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;In[1]:= Reduce[x^3 + y^3 + z^3 == 3 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; x + y + z == 3, {x, y, z}, Integers]&lt;br&gt;Out[1] = (x == -5 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; z == 4) || (x == 1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == 1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; z == 1) || (x == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == -5 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; z == 4) || (x == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; y == 4 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; &lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; z == -5)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <guid>139400</guid>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:39:20 Z</pubDate>
      <itunes:author>Markiyan Hirnyk</itunes:author>
      <author>Markiyan Hirnyk</author>
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      <guid>140062</guid>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:55:20 Z</pubDate>
      <itunes:author>ArcanaNoir</itunes:author>
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