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Regularity of a normalized quadratic variational constraint (K[y]=∫ab​wy2=1 ⟹ DK[y](y)=2)

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An integral constraint need not admit a normal Lagrange multiplier unless its first variation is nonzero. For the quadratic normalization in the title, the variation in direction y has derivative 2∫wy2=2, so the constraint is always regular at an admissible function. With free endpoint values this justifies the Euler-Lagrange equation for F−λwy2 and its natural endpoint conditions. For F=py′2−qy2, multiplication of the differential equation by y gives λ=J[y].

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