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Optimal Power Systems

Lagrange Multiplier Method – Examples

Fall 2020

Ayman Faza, PhD


Princess Sumaya University of Technology
Example 1

 Find the points on the circle , which are the closest and farthest from the point (1,2)

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Example 2

 Maximize (and Minimize) the function


Subject to

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Example: Multiple constraints

 
Find the maximum and minimum distance from the origin to the curve of the intersection of the
surfaces:
and

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Example 4: Equality and Inequality Constraints

 Minimize

Subject to: and

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Thank You

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