Solution

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Put . The gradient components are
A stationary point requires both components to vanish. If , then ; the second component subsequently forces , giving . If , either or, writing ,
Only is nonnegative. Thus there are five stationary points, with values
The cases and exhaust the first partial derivative equation, so no other stationary points have been lost by division.

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