Certainly! Here is the transcription of the image text suitable for an educational website:---12. Take a moment to understand the Lagrange multipliers method for finding min/max on a surface $ f(x, y, z) $ subject to a constraint $ g(x, y, z) = 0 $. Geometrically speaking, what does it mean for $ \nabla f = \lambda \nabla g $? Why are the candidates for minimums & maximums exactly the points that satisfy this equation?---The text invites readers to explore how the method of Lagrange multipliers helps in identifying extrema (minimums and maximums) of a function with a constraint. It poses a geometric interpretation question about the condition $ \nabla f = \lambda \nabla g $, where the gradients of the functions $ f $ and $ g $ are scalar multiples of each other, indicating potential points of extrema that lie on the constrained surface.

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Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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12. Take a moment to understand the Lagrange multipliers method for finding min/max on a surface $ f(x, y, z) $ subject to a constraint $ g(x, y, z) = 0 $. Geometrically speaking, what does it mean for $ \nabla f = \lambda \nabla g $? Why are the candidates for minimums & maximums exactly the points that satisfy this equation?

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The text invites readers to explore how the method of Lagrange multipliers helps in identifying extrema (minimums and maximums) of a function with a constraint. It poses a geometric interpretation question about the condition $ \nabla f = \lambda \nabla g $, where the gradients of the functions $ f $ and $ g $ are scalar multiples of each other, indicating potential points of extrema that lie on the constrained surface.

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Suppose we want to find the maximum of a function $f (x, y) = x y$ subject to a constraint $g (x, y) = \frac{x^{2}}{9} + \frac{y^{2}}{4} - 1$ .

To see how Lagrange multipliers work, look at the following graph:

Figure 1

The graph shows the function f from above along with constraint g = c and some level curves of f. The constraint is nothing but a plane that cuts through the function f.

The constraint g is an ellipse on xy-plane projected on to the surface f. The goal here is to find the maximum value of f without moving outside the elliptic boundary.