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This document contains an assignment for a calculus of variations course covering the following topics: 1) Finding the extremals of several functionals involving integrals with unknown functions and their derivatives as variables of integration. 2) Showing that a specific functional has a unique extremal passing through any two points in the plane. 3) Finding the extremals of additional functionals involving integrals with boundary conditions on the unknown functions. 4) Demonstrating that if any function is added to an integral functional's integrand via a total differential, the Euler equation is unchanged.

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Assgn 2

This document contains an assignment for a calculus of variations course covering the following topics: 1) Finding the extremals of several functionals involving integrals with unknown functions and their derivatives as variables of integration. 2) Showing that a specific functional has a unique extremal passing through any two points in the plane. 3) Finding the extremals of additional functionals involving integrals with boundary conditions on the unknown functions. 4) Demonstrating that if any function is added to an integral functional's integrand via a total differential, the Euler equation is unchanged.

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Department of Mathematics

IIT KHARAGPUR
Spring 2020
Subject Code: MA40002/MA51004/MA61052
Subject Name: Integral Equations and Calculus of Variations
Assignment 2

1. Find the extremals of the follwing functionals


Z 1p
1
(a) J[y] = y(1 + y 02 )dx, y(0) = y(1) = √
0 2
Z π
(b) J[y] = (4y cos x + y 02 − y 2 )dx, y(0) = y(π) = 0
0
Z 1
(c) J[y] = (y 02 − y 2 − y)e2x dx, y(0) = 0, y(1) = e−1
0
Z e
(d) J[y] = (xy 02 + yy 0 )dx, y(1) = 0, y(e) = 1
1
Z p
2. Show that one and only one extremal of the functional J[y] = (1 + y 2 + y 02 ) dx passes through
any two points in the plane.

3. Find the extremals of the follwing functionals


Z 1
(a) J[y] = (ey + xy 0 )dx, y(0) = 0, y(1) = α
0
Z π
(b) J[y] = (y 02 − y 2 )dx, y(0) = 1, y(π) = −1
0
Z 1
(c) J[y] = (x + y 02 )dx, y(0) = 1, y(1) = 2
0
Z 1
(d) J[y] = (2ey − y 2 )dx, y(0) = 1, y(1) = e
0
Z π
2 π π
y 2 − y 02 − 8y cosh x dx, y(0) = 2, y( ) = 2 cosh

(e) J[y] =
0 2 2
Z b
4. Given the functional J[y] = F (x, y, y 0 )dx with y(a) = A, y(b) = B. Show that if the integrand
a
F (x, y, y 0 ) is added with the total differential of any function u = u(x, y), then Euler’s equation will
remain unchanged.

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