Paper 3, Section II, D

Variational Principles | Part IB, 2017

(a) A Pringle crisp can be defined as the surface

z=xy with x2+y21z=x y \quad \text { with } \quad x^{2}+y^{2} \leqslant 1

Use the method of Lagrange multipliers to find the minimum and maximum values of zz on the boundary of the Pringle crisp and the (x,y)(x, y) positions where these occur.

(b) A farmer wishes to construct a grain silo in the form of a hollow vertical cylinder of radius rr and height hh with a hollow hemispherical cap of radius rr on top of the cylinder. The walls of the cylinder cost £x£ x per unit area to construct and the surface of the cap costs £2x£ 2 x per unit area to construct. Given that a total volume VV is desired for the silo, what values of rr and hh should be chosen to minimise the cost?

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