$J[y]=\int_a^bF(x,y,y')dx$ with constraint and free boundary

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Suppose the variation problem $$J[y]=\int_a^bF(x,y,y')dx$$ with free boundary and constraint $\int_a^bG(x,y,y')=l$, how can formulate the corresponding Euler-Lagrange equation?


For fixed boundary i.e. $f(a)=A, f(b)=B$, the Euler-Lagrange equation is $$F_y-\frac{d}{dx}F_{y'}+(G_y-\frac{d}{dx}G_{y'})=0$$

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OP's variational problem (v1) is in general ill-posed to begin with.

Example: Let for simplicity

$$G(x,y,y^{\prime}) ~=~y^{\prime} \quad\text{and}\quad F(x,y,y^{\prime})~=~2yy^{\prime} $$

be total derivatives. Then

$$ \ell~=~y(b)-y(a)\quad\text{and}\quad J[y]~=~~y(b)^2-y(a)^2~=~\ell(y(b)+y(a))~=~\ell(\ell +2y(a)), $$

which clearly doesn't have a minimum nor a maximum as there's free boundary conditions.