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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 38 1 d Solution by
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For any feasible , increasing lowers the objective, so the additional upper bound makes . Feasibility then requires . The lowest feasible value of on the circle occurs at the lower intersection with . Solving gives the candidateA global certificate avoids relying on the circle sketch. Introduce Lagrange multipliers for , and :ChooseThe coefficient of vanishes, and , . Therefore completing the square yieldsThe candidate minimizes globally and satisfies both active inequality constraints, so complementary slackness and the Lagrangian sufficiency theorem give
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