Let and denote the interior angles of a non-degenerate triangle, then what is the least value of
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Let's use LaGrange Multipliers here: we are interested in minimizing f ( A , B , C ) = sin 2 2 A + sin 2 2 B + sin 2 2 C subject to g ( A , B , C ) = A + B + C = π . Computing g r a d ( f ) = λ ⋅ g r a d ( g ) gives:
2 sin 2 A ⋅ 2 1 cos 2 A = 2 1 sin ( A ) = λ ;
2 sin 2 B ⋅ 2 1 cos 2 B = 2 1 sin ( B ) = λ ;
2 sin 2 C ⋅ 2 1 cos 2 C = 2 1 sin ( C ) = λ ;
Or sin ( A ) = sin ( B ) = sin ( C ) ⇒ A = B = C = 3 π is our critical point. Taking the Hessian matrix of f now yields:
⎣ ⎡ 2 1 cos ( A ) 0 0 0 2 1 cos ( B ) 0 0 0 2 1 cos ( C ) ⎦ ⎤
and evaluating at the critical point A = B = C = 3 π gives:
⎣ ⎡ 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 4 1 ⎦ ⎤ = 4 1 I 3 x 3
which is positive-definite, thus a global minimum. Ultimately, f ( 3 π , 3 π , 3 π ) = 3 ⋅ sin 2 ( 6 π ) = 4 3 .