Solving constraint optimization problem with lagrange multipliers

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Consider the objective $$\max_{x,y} x^TAx +y^TBy $$ subject to: $$\|x\|^2 +\|y\|^2 =1 $$

Setting the derivative of the Lagrangian w.r.t to $x$ and $y$ to zero, yields:

$$Ax = \lambda x$$ $$By = \lambda y$$

Is there a possibility to express the solution without using Lagrange multipliers?