Lagrange multipliers
Daniel Ingebretson
University of Illinois at Chicago
July 1, 2024
,Unbounded domains
What’s the absolute maximum of f (x) = 1 − x 2 on
−∞ < x < ∞?
, Example: optimization on an unbounded domain
Find the point on the plane x + 2y + z = 2 closest to the
point (2, 0, 4).