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For minimization, the optimization Lagrangian is
L=3y−z+λ(2x−y−z−2)+μ(x2+y2−5),λ≥0.
(1)
Its coefficient of z is −1−λ<0, so its infimum over unrestricted z is −∞ for every allowable Lagrange multiplier. There is no finite global minimizer of the optimization Lagrangian to which the Lagrangian sufficiency theorem could apply.
The primal minimization problem is also unbounded: set x=0, y=5​ and z=t≥0. These points are feasible, and 3y−z=35​−t→−∞. Hence
inf(3y−z)=−∞.​
(2)

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