Normal isoperimetric extremal

ID: normal-isoperimetric-extremal

A constrained extremal is normal when the constraint functional has a nonzero first variation in some allowed direction. The implicit function theorem then permits a compensating variation, yielding a multiplier equation with objective coefficient normalized to one. The Euler-Lagrange equation applies to the objective integrand minus the multiplier times the constraint integrand.

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