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Putnam 2001 B2

  • Session B

Find all pairs of real numbers (x,y)(x,y) satisfying the system of equations

1x+12y=(x2+3y2)(3x2+y2)1x−12y=2(y4−x4).\begin{aligned}\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{2y} &= (x^2+3y^2)(3x^2+y^2) \\ \frac{1}{x} - \frac{1}{2y} &= 2(y^4-x^4).\end{aligned}

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