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The extremes sit on the boundary

Let u = u(x, y) be the solution of the boundary value problem on (0, 1) × (0, 1), with for and for y ∈ [0, 1]. Then there exists a point such that

  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

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