Grant Harrington
10/08/2024 · Senior High School
Q1. Find an extremal for the functional \[ f(x)=\int_{1}^{t_{f}}\left[2 x(t)+\frac{1}{2} \dot{x}^{2}(t)\right] d t \] The boundary conditions are \( x(1)=4, x\left(t_{f}\right)=4 \) and \( t_{f}>1 \) is free.
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The extremal function for the given functional is \(x(t) = t^2 + C_1 t + (3 - C_1)\), where \(C_1\) is determined by solving the quadratic equation derived from the boundary conditions.
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