Problems

The real numbers $a,b,c$ are non-zero and satisfy the following equations: $$\{\begin{array}{l}{a}^2+a=b^2\\ b^2+b=c^2\\ c^2+c=a^2.\end{array}$$ Show that $(a-b)(b-c)(c-a)=1$.

A five-digit number is called indecomposable if it is not decomposed into the product of two three-digit numbers. What is the largest number of indecomposable five-digit numbers that can come in a row?

Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers. Find a representation of $a^3+b^3$ as a product.

• Find a representation of the number $117=121-4$ as a product.

• Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers. Find a representation of $a^2-b^2$ as a product.

Find all solutions of the equation: $x^2+y^2+z^2+t^2=x(y+z+t)$.

Solve the system of equations in real numbers: $$\{\begin{array}{r}x+y=2\\ xy-z^2=1\end{array}$$

Find all solutions of the equation: $xy+1=x+y$.

Find all solutions of the system of equations: $$\{\begin{array}{r}x+y+z=a\\ x^2+y^2+z^2=a^2\\ x^3+y^3+z^3=a^3\end{array}$$

Find all solutions of the system of equations: $$\{\begin{array}{r}(x+y{)}^3=z\\ (x+z{)}^3=y\\ (y+z{)}^3=x\end{array}$$

Sometimes different areas in mathematics are more related than they seem to be. A lot of algebraic expressions have geometric interpretation, and a lot of them can be used to solve problems in number theory.