Paper 3, Section I, D

Variational Principles | Part IB, 2010

Derive the Euler-Lagrange equation for the function u(x,y)u(x, y) which gives a stationary value of

I=DL(x,y,u,ux,uy)dxdyI=\int_{\mathcal{D}} L\left(x, y, u, \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}, \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\right) d x d y

where D\mathcal{D} is a bounded domain in the (x,y)(x, y) plane, with uu fixed on the boundary D\partial \mathcal{D}.

Find the equation satisfied by the function uu which gives a stationary value of

I=D[(ux)2+(uy)2]dxdyI=\int_{\mathcal{D}}\left[\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}\right)^{2}\right] d x d y

with uu given on D\partial \mathcal{D}.

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