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Putnam 1978 B4

  • Session B

Prove that for every real number NN the equation x12+x22+x32+x42=x1x2x3+x1x2x4+x1x3x4+x2x3x4x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2} +x_{3}^{2} +x_{4}^{2} = x_1 x_2 x_3 +x_1 x_2 x_4 + x_1 x_3 x_4 +x_2 x_3 x_4 has an integer solution (x1,x2,x3,x4)(x_1 , x_2 , x_3 , x_4) for which x1,x2,x3x_1, x_2 , x_3 and x4x_4 are all larger than N.N.

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