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Question: solving a system of equations involving lagrange multipliers

Question:solving a system of equations involving lagrange multipliers

GPY 80 Maple
March 04 2015
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I've got a set

E:={(x,y,z): x^2+y^2=-2*z-x, z^2+y^2=1} and need to find points of E which have minimal or maximal distance from (0,0,0). I've set up the Lagrangian as F:=sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2) + L1(x^2+y^2+2z+x)+L2(z^2+y^2-1)

and consequently obtained the equations:

x/sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2) + 2*x*L1+L1=0

y/sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2) + 2*y*L1+2*y*L2=0

z/sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2)+2*L1+2*L2*z=0

for which I've set up
eqn1,eqn2,eqn3 as the three equations and vars:=x,y,z

and used solve() but I'm not getting the right answer( I need to first express x,y,z in terms of L1, L2 and then get values for L1 and L2 by substituting in the constraints and eventually get values of x,y,z.)

How should I implement that?
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