Let us consider the function f in three varibles x,y,z $$ f(x,y,z)=(axy+bxz+cyz)/dxyz$$
where $a,b,c,d$ are rational numbers
My question is: Show that there exist still $x,y,z$ positive integers such that $f(x,y,z)$ is also a positive integer.
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Sign up to join this communityLet us consider the function f in three varibles x,y,z $$ f(x,y,z)=(axy+bxz+cyz)/dxyz$$
where $a,b,c,d$ are rational numbers
My question is: Show that there exist still $x,y,z$ positive integers such that $f(x,y,z)$ is also a positive integer.
This doesn't hold for arbitrary rational numbers $a,b,c,d$. A counter-example is this: consider the case $a=b=c=1$ and $d=10$, then the function can be written as (assuming $x,y,z>0$) $$f(x,y,z)= \frac{1}{10z} + \frac{1}{10y} + \frac{1}{10x},$$ which means that for all positive integers $x,y,z$ we have that $f(x,y,z)\le 3/10$, thus $f(x,y,z)$ cannot be a positive integer for any positive integers $x,y,z$.