Integer Solutions to a system of diophantine equations

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Are there any integer solutions $(x,y,z,a_2,a_3,b_1,b_3,c_1,c_2)$ for: $x + y^{b_1}z^{c_1} = y + x^{a_2}z^{c_2}=z+x^{a_3}y^{b_3}$.

Where $x \le y \le z$ The one thing I could tell about this equation is that if you consider $x + y^{b_1}z^{c_1} = y + x^{a_2}z^{c_2}$ since $y - x \le z$ either $c_1$ or $c_2$ must be $0$.

EDIT: $(x,y,z,a_2,a_3,b_1,b_3,c_1,c_2)$ are all positive integers. Also I realized that if $c_1,c_2 = 0$ for the system of equations to be satisfied it is possible when for $(x,y,a,b)$ if $x^a-x = y^b - y$ who's solutions are here: http://oeis.org/A057896.

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Looking first for a simple solution in positive integers with $x\leq y\leq z$, suppose we try $x=1$ and $a_2=a_3=b_1=b_3=c_1=c_2=1$. The equation then reduces to:

$$1+yz=y+z=z+y$$

where we also require $1\leq y\leq z$. Rearranging:

$$yz-y=z-1$$

$$y(z-1)=z-1$$

Hence $y=1$ and $z$ can be any integer $\geq 1$. Taking $z=2$ as the simplest case that avoids the trivial $x=y=z$ we have the solution:

$$1+1^12^1=1+1^12^1=2+1^11^1=3$$

A necessary condition for $x + y^{b_1}z^{c_1} = y + x^{a_2}z^{c_2}$ with $c_1,c_2\geq 1$ is that $z|(y-x)$. In the above solution this is trivially satisfied since $y-x=0$.

Suppose now we add the additional requirement that $x<y<z$. Then $z\nmid (y-x)$ since $0<y-x<z$. Thus the necessary condition can no longer be satisfied. So we can conclude that the equation:

$$x + y^{b_1}z^{c_1} = y + x^{a_2}z^{c_2}=z+x^{a_3}y^{b_3}$$

has no solutions in positive integers with $x<y<z$. Given the equation's symmetry in $x,y,z$, we can also state that it has no solution in positive integers with $x,y,z$ all different.