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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) §13.7 Constraints and Lagrange Multipliers, #14 · Multivariable Calculus · Lagrange multipliers

On the circle …, Example 5 of 13.6 minimized

On the circle , Example 5 of 13.6 minimized . (a) Set up the three Lagrange equations for . (b) The first two equations give ______.
(c) There is another solution for the special value , when the equations become ______. This is easy to miss but it gives at the point ______.

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Gilbert Strang, Calculus, 3rd edition (Wellesley-Cambridge Press; MIT OpenCourseWare RES.18-001) · §13.7 Constraints and Lagrange Multipliers, #14

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