Ladders, Moats, and Lagrange Multipliers -- from Wolfram Library Archive

Title

Ladders, Moats, and Lagrange Multipliers

Author

C. Henry Edwards

Organization:

The University of Georgia

Journal / Anthology

The Mathematica Journal

Year:

1994

Volume:

Issue:

Page range:

48-52

Description

The functions we present here implement the classical method of Lagrange multipliers for solving constrained optimization problems. The moat problem that we employ to motivate the development of these functions generalizes a standard calculus problem, and shows how symbolic algebra systems expand our horizons in the formulation and analysis of geometric problems.

Subject

Applied Mathematics > Optimization

URL

http://www.mathematica-journal.com/issue/v4i1/tutorials/edwards/48-52_Edwards.mj.pdf

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