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Q84Section II (Mathematics)84 of 190

A fourth-order Euler–Poisson equation solved exactly by sin⁡x\sin x

The curve which extremizes the functional I[y(x)]=∫0π/4(y"2−y2+x2)dxI[y(x)]=\int_0^{\pi/4}(y"^2-y^2+x^2)dx under the conditions y(0)=0,y′(0)=1,y(π/4)=y′(π/4)=1/2y(0)=0, y'(0)=1, y(\pi/4)=y'(\pi/4)=1/\sqrt2 is:

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