Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2007/ia/paper-1/7c/ii/solution

Set and . The expression in the equation is . Apply the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality in to
Their dot product is , and . Thus the expression is nonnegative, and it is zero precisely when equality holds in Cauchy-Schwarz. That requires . The fourth coordinate forces , and the other three coordinates then give
Substitution gives , so this unique possible choice really is a solution.

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