Solution

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Apply a constant Lagrange multiplier to the isoperimetric constraint, using the augmented functional . Its integrand is
The Euler-Lagrange equation gives , hence
The multiplier rule applies because the constraint derivative in direction is , so the constraint derivative is not zero. The prescribed endpoint values remove boundary variations.

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