| course |
course_year |
question_number |
tags |
title |
year |
Variational Principles |
IB |
80 |
IB |
2011 |
Variational Principles |
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Paper 4 , Section II, D |
2011 |
Derive the Euler-Lagrange equation for the integral
$$\int_{x_{0}}^{x_{1}} f\left(y, y^{\prime}, y^{\prime \prime}, x\right) d x$$
where the endpoints are fixed, and $y(x)$ and $y^{\prime}(x)$ take given values at the endpoints.
Show that the only function $y(x)$ with $y(0)=1, y^{\prime}(0)=2$ and $y(x) \rightarrow 0$ as $x \rightarrow \infty$ for which the integral
$$\int_{0}^{\infty}\left(y^{2}+\left(y^{\prime}\right)^{2}+\left(y^{\prime}+y^{\prime \prime}\right)^{2}\right) d x$$
is stationary is $(3 x+1) e^{-x}$.