每日一题: 2020-06-04
题目: 设方程x2−px+q=0,x2−qx+p=0 的根都是正整数, 求正整数p,q 的值.
参考思路
设方程x2−px+q=0 的两根为x1,x2; 方程x2−qx+p=0 的两根为x3,x4.
由韦达定理, 有x1+x2=p,x1x2=q,x3+x4=q,x3x4=p
所以x1+x2=x3x4,x1x2=x3+x4⇒x1x2−x1−x2+x3x4−x3−x4=0
因此有(x1−1)(x2−1)+(x3−1)(x4−1)=2, 所以(x1−1)(x2−1)=2,1,0 时,
(x3−1)(x4−1) 相应取0,1,2.
\[
\left\{\begin{array}{lr} (x_1-1)(x_2-1)=2 \\ (x_3-1)(x_4-1)=0 \end{array}\right.\Rightarrow \left\{\begin{array}{lr} p=5 \\ q=6 \end{array}\right.
\]
同理可求得另外两组解, 综上
\[
\left\{\begin{array}{lr} p=5 \\ q=6 \end{array}\right., \left\{\begin{array}{lr} p=4 \\ q=4 \end{array}\right., \left\{\begin{array}{lr} p=6 \\ q=5 \end{array}\right.
\]