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IMO 1965 Problem 2

  • Day 1

Consider the sytem of equations a11x1+a12x2+a13x3=0a_{11}x_1+a_{12}x_2+a_{13}x_3 = 0a21x1+a22x2+a23x3=0a_{21}x_1+a_{22}x_2+a_{23}x_3 =0a31x1+a32x2+a33x3=0a_{31}x_1+a_{32}x_2+a_{33}x_3 = 0 with unknowns x1,x2,x3x_1, x_2, x_3 . The coefficients satisfy the conditions:

a) a11,a22,a33a_{11}, a_{22}, a_{33} are positive numbers;

b) the remaining coefficients are negative numbers;

c) in each equation, the sum ofthe coefficients is positive.

Prove that the given system has only the solution x1=x2=x3=0x_1=x_2=x_3=0 .

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Official text: IMO 1965 official English paper, page 1.

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