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Constrained extremals: the multiplier method

Calculus of VariationsODE, PDE & Applied Mathematics

Fixed perimeter, maximum area — set up with a Lagrange multiplier and solved.

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Fixed perimeter, maximum area — set up with a Lagrange multiplier and solved.

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