Applying the Lagrangian function to find critical points

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So I have the following function

$$ f(x,y) = x^2+y^2 $$

subject to

$$ g(x,y) = x+y-1 = 0. $$

And I have to use the Lagrangian to find the critical points, and determine wether they are constrained minima, constrained maxima or neither.

I am starting on this guy right now. I have no clue, and any hints would be great (not necessarily an answer). Im on wikipedia, which is making me more confused right now!

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For your better reading, I'll follow the notation used on wikipedia.

Let $(x,y)\in \Bbb R^2$.

Start of by defining $\Lambda(x,y,\lambda):=f(x,y)+\lambda g(x,y)$.

Then find $\dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial x}(x,y,\lambda), \dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial y}(x,y,\lambda)$ and $\dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial \lambda}(x,y,\lambda)$:

$$\begin{align} \dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial x}(x,y,\lambda)&=2x+\lambda\\ \dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial y}(x,y,\lambda)&=2y+\lambda\\ \dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial \lambda}(x,y,\lambda)&=x+y-1 .\end{align}$$

Next solve the system:

$$\begin{align} \begin{cases}\dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial x}(x,y,\lambda)&=0\\ \dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial y}(x,y,\lambda)&=0\\ \dfrac{\partial\Lambda }{\partial \lambda}(x,y,\lambda)&=0 \end{cases}&\iff \begin{cases}\\2x+\lambda=0\\ 2y+\lambda=0\\ x+y-1=0 \end{cases}\\ &\iff \begin{cases}\\2x=-\lambda\\ 2y-2x=0\\ x+y-1=0 \end{cases}\\ &\iff \begin{cases}\\2x=-\lambda\\ x=y\\ 2x=1 \end{cases}\\ &\iff x=\dfrac 1 2=y \land \lambda =-1.\end{align}$$

Thus finding the set of critical points: $\left\{(x,y)\in \Bbb R^2\colon x=\dfrac 1 2 = y\right\}=\left\{\left(\dfrac 1 2, \dfrac 1 2\right)\right\}$.

From here I'll let you make the final conclusions.

In order to verify the conclusions you find, note that $x+y-1=0\iff y=1-x$, so you can just replace $y$ with $1-x$ in $f$ and you have reduced the problem to a single variable which you should know how to solve.

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$$ F(x,y,\lambda) = f + \lambda g = x^2 + y^2 + \lambda(x+y - 1) $$

$$ F_x = 2x + \lambda = 0 $$

$$ F_y = 2y + \lambda = 0 $$

$$ F_\lambda = x + y - 1 = 0 $$

$$ \Rightarrow x = y = \frac{1}{2} $$