Solution

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Introduce the orthogonal coordinates
Then the constraint and objective become
The Lagrange multiplier equations for a stationary point are
If , then and , giving
If , then . The first two equations and the constraint imply
Converting back to gives the other four points. Therefore all stationary points are
with matching signs, together with
The middle pair has , the last pair has , and the first pair has .

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