1 3 3 0 x y + 3 1 9 2 y z
Find the maximal value of the expression above if x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 , where x , y and z are real numbers.
Bonus question : Find the maximal value of a x y + b y z if x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 .
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Great use of spherical coordinates, Brian! Thanks! (+1)
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sir i have posted a solution for your problem using Lagrange,s method of multipliers , xtrmly sorry for not writing in Latex, a kind request to you is to check my solution , i got correct answer ,but i do not know whether my approach is correct or not.
@Otto Bretscher Any thoughts on a general formula for the maximum of a x y + b y z + c x z given x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 ? It doesn't appear to be 2 1 a 2 + b 2 + c 2 .
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Maybe I will ask for that one next ;) ("Inspired by Brian", of course)
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Haha O.k., in anticipation, I'll now start trying to figure that one out. :)
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@Brian Charlesworth – I have submitted a problem like that before.... now let's generalize.
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@Otto Bretscher – sir actually if we substitute x=y=z=(1/3) surely the value of the expression will give a value of 1507.333
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@Psn Murthy – Actually, if we substitute x = y = z = 3 1 , we are not satisfying the constraint.
The maximum is given by a cubic equation in this case, so, writing the general formula in terms of a , b and c would be messy. I'm having some fun with this problem here
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Messy indeed. I'll try and write a solution to your new question in the morning, (unless someone else beats me to it.)
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@Brian Charlesworth – I'm sorry for the messiness... you asked for it, Brian! ;)
Another possible generalization is a x y + b y z + c z w for a fourth variable w ... you are giving me so many good ideas. I'm playing with this one here
sir , i have solved it using Lagrange's method of undetermined multipliers. i am writing solution let me know whether i am correct or not. define a function F = axy+byz+L(x^2+ y^2+z^2 - 1), for some constant L. Differentiating F partially w .r t. x, y, z and putting them equal zero, 1st differentiating partially w.r.t x we have ; ay+2Lx=0 ----eqn(1). differentiating partially w.r.t y ; ax+bz +2Ly=0-------eqn(2). differentiating partially w.r.t z; by+2Lz=0-------eqn(3).
from eqn 1 ,x=-(ay/2L). from eqn 3, z=-(by/2L).
PUT THESE values of x and z in eqn 2, we have ; (y/2L)[{4L^2} - (a^2 + b^2)]=0:
here y can not be zero, because it leads to x=0, y=0, that is the origin of the sphere.
hence 2L= sqrt(a^2+b^2);
also ,we have x^2+y^2+z^2=1; putting the values of x and z in terms of y in this equation we have;
(y^2)[(a^2/4L^2) + (b^2/4L^2) +1]=1;
(y^2)[(a^2+b^2)/(4L^2 ) + 1]=1;
Putting 4L^2 = [a^2+b^2];
we have y = +1/(sqrt 2) or y = -1/(sqrt 2); we can take any one of these because x,y,z are lying on the surface of unit sphere ,so for every point there must be a symmetric point.
putting value of y and L, WE HAVE ;
X= (1/sqrt 2)[a/sqrt(a^2+b^2)] , Z = (1/sqrt 2)[ b/sqrt( a^2+b^2)] ;
so maximum value of axy+ byz= (1/2) sqrt(a^2+b^2); put a=1330. b= 3192. we get ans= 1729.
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Yes, this is correct and nicely done! The equations you find in the first paragraph are linear in x , y and z ; that's why this is relatively easy to solve.
The coefficient matrix of the system is A = ⎣ ⎡ 2 L a 0 a 2 L b 0 b 2 L ⎦ ⎤
To produce nonzero solutions, this matrix must be singular (non-invertible), which means that det ( A ) = 8 L 3 − 2 ( a 2 + b 2 ) L = 0
The largest solution, L = 2 a 2 + b 2 is the maximum we seek.
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sir i have a question, please help. In an arithmetic progression Nth term is given by An=Ao+Nd; where Ao is 1st term and 'd' is common difference. Ao and 'd' are integers. Then show that if any one term of the progression is the cube of an integer,then so are infinitely many others.
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@Manish Kumar Singh – I'll assume that the progression is (strictly) ascending. Denote the cubed term a 3 . Then the integers
a 3 , a 3 + d , a 3 + 2 d , . . . . , a 3 + k d
are all terms of the AP for all k ∈ N . Then
( a + d ) 3 = a 3 + 3 a 2 d + 3 a d 2 + d 3 = a 3 + ( 3 a 2 + 3 a d + d 2 ) d
is in the progression, where k = 3 a 2 + 3 a d + d 2 .
Next, we observe that
( a + 2 d ) 3 = a 3 + 6 a 2 d + 1 2 a d 2 + 8 d 3 = a 3 + ( 6 a 2 + 1 2 a d + 8 d 2 ) d
is also a term in the progression, with k = 6 a 2 + 1 2 a d + 8 d 2 .
Similarly, we can show that ( a + n d ) 3 for any n ∈ N can be written in the form a 3 + m d for some positive integer m , and thus all such perfect cubes are terms in the progression, i.e., given that one term in an AP (as specified) is a perfect cube, an infinite number of terms in the AP will be perfect cubes.
sir i have a question, please help. In an arithmetic progression Nth term is given by An=Ao+Nd; where Ao is 1st term and 'd' is common difference. Ao and 'd' are integers. Then show that if any one term of the progression is the cube of an integer,then so are infinitely many others.
Probably the Harsh Shrivastava and Brian Charlesworth posted awesome solution but I will stick to the basic AM-GM.
We have
⎝ ⎛ x 2 + 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 1 3 3 0 2 y 2 ⎠ ⎞ + ⎝ ⎛ 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 3 1 9 2 2 y 2 + z 2 ⎠ ⎞ ≥ 2 x 2 × 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 1 3 3 0 2 y 2 + 2 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 3 1 9 2 2 y 2 × z 2 1 ≥ 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 2 ( 1 3 3 0 x y + 3 1 9 2 y z ) 1 7 2 9 ≥ ( 1 3 3 0 x y + 3 1 9 2 y z )
Now for the general expression we have
⎝ ⎛ x 2 + a 2 + b 2 a 2 y 2 ⎠ ⎞ + ⎝ ⎛ a 2 + b 2 b 2 y 2 + z 2 ⎠ ⎞ ≥ 2 x 2 × a 2 + b 2 a 2 y 2 + 2 a 2 + b 2 b 2 y 2 × z 2 2 a 2 + b 2 ≥ a x y + b y z
Thanks for an alternative solution! Can you show us that the maximum is actually attained?
You guys really love your "AM-GM." It seems so complicated to me compared to other methods, particularly matrices and eigenvalues.
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Can you show me how to show when the equality is attained.
Same way!!
As you know, equality holds in AM-GM iff the two terms are equal, so , you want x 2 = 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 1 3 3 0 2 y 2 (Equ I) and, analogously, z 2 = . . . , Equ II. If you add up equations I and II and remember that x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 , you find that y 2 = 1 . Now equations I and II give you x and z .
Nice solution. Did the same way
Answer to BONUS QUESTION : 2 1 a 2 + b 2
First of all let K = Maximum value of a x y + b y z subject to constraints x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1
K = y ( a x + b z )
By Cauchy Schwarz inequality, a x + b z ≤ ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( x 2 + z 2 ) = ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( 1 − y 2 )
⟹ K = y ( ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( 1 − y 2 ) )
⟹ K = ( ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( − ( y 4 − y 2 + ( 0 . 5 ) 2 ) + ( 0 . 5 ) 2 )
⟹ K = ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( ( 2 1 ) 2 − ( y 2 − 2 1 ) 2 )
For maximum, y should be equal to 2 1 .
⟹ K = ( a 2 + b 2 ) ( 2 1 ) 2 − ( 0 ) 2 )
⟹ K = 2 1 a 2 + b 2
Exactly! We are looking forward to your proof.
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Posted! @Otto Bretscher sir
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Can you show us that your upper bound 2 1 a 2 + b 2 is actually attained?
For maximal value of axy+byz we can simplify it to y*(ax+bz).
Now, if sum of squares of x,y,z is 1 then (x^2 + z^2 = 1- y^2).....................(i)
Considering only (ax+bz), we can apply Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality.
Which is (ax+bz)^2 <= (a^2 + b^2)*(x^2 + z^2)
after taking the square root on both sides we obtain,
(ax+bz) <= sqrt [ (a^2 + b^2)*(x^2 + z^2) ]
Then by multiplying y on both sides we have.
y (ax+bz) <= y * {sqrt [ (a^2 + b^2) (x^2 + z^2) ]}
after taking y on RHS inside the square root and using (i) we obtain,
y (ax+bz) <= sqrt[ (a^2 + b^2) (y^2 - y^4)]
Now by applying calculus we can find the maximum value of the equation (y^2 - y^4) , which turns out to be 1/4.
Hence, we have max(axy+byz) <= (1/2) * sqrt(a^2 + b^2).
So for this question we have a=1330 , b=3192,
hence after evaluating we have the answer to be 1729.
This is my approach, please guide me if I am wrong somewhere. Also please know that I am not a good LATEX user.
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Let x = cos ( θ ) sin ( ϕ ) , y = sin ( θ ) and z = cos ( θ ) cos ( ϕ ) . Then x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 and
1 3 3 0 x y + 3 1 9 2 y z = sin ( θ ) cos ( θ ) ( 1 3 3 0 sin ( ϕ ) + 3 1 9 2 cos ( ϕ ) ) =
2 sin ( 2 θ ) ∗ 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 ∗ ( 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 1 3 3 0 sin ( ϕ ) + 1 3 3 0 2 + 3 1 9 2 2 3 1 9 2 cos ( ϕ ) ) =
2 sin ( 2 θ ) ∗ 3 4 5 8 ∗ sin ( α + ϕ ) = 1 7 2 9 ∗ sin ( 2 θ ) sin ( α + ϕ ) , where α = cos − 1 ( 3 4 5 8 1 3 3 0 ) .
This expression has a maximum value of 1 7 2 9 when θ = 4 5 ∘ and ϕ = 9 0 ∘ − α .
As noted by Harsh, the maximum in general for a x y + b y z given that x 2 + y 2 + z 2 = 1 is
2 1 a 2 + b 2 .