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=
=
1
1
kx + yk2 kx yk2 =
< x + y, x + y > < x y, x y >
4
4
1
< x, x > +2 < x, y > + < y, y > (< x, x > 2 < x, y > + < y, y >)
4
1
4 < x, y > = < x, y > 2
4
2.
r
r
> 0 s.t. B2 (x, ) = {y V | c2 d2 (x, y) r} B1 (x, r) A
c2
c2
1
d dp dp d
2
all the metrics are equivalent by symmetry and transitivity (see exercise 7).
7. If d1 and d2 are equivalent in V , b1 , b2 R such that x, y V :
d2 (x, y)
d1 (x, y) b2 d2 (x, y)
b1
similarly if d2 and d3 are equivalent in V , c1 , c2 R such that x, y V :
d3 (x, y)
d2 (x, y) c2 d3 (x, y)
c1
hence (b1 c1 ), (b2 c2 ) R such that x, y V :
d3 (x, y)
d1 (x, y) b2 c2 d3 (x, y)
b1 c1
(x, y) =
1 x 6= y
0 x=y
= {y Rn | max{|yi xi |}i{1,...n} r}
n
X
1
d
n
= {y R | ( (yi xi )2 ) 2 r} Bx,r
i=1
and
d2
Bx,r
r2
d
s.t. Bx,q
n
n
X
1
= {y R | ( (yi xi )2 ) 2 r}
n
i=1
d2
= {y Rn | max{|yi xi |}i{1,...n} q} Bx,r
hence also the continuous functions in (Rn , d ) (R, d) and the continuous functions in (Rn , d2 ) (R, d) coincide. 2
13. [The p-adic valuation here is not well defined:
if r = 0, a = 0 and any n would do;
if r = 1 there are no a, b, n such that 1 = pn ab , a is not a multiple of p.
For a survey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic_number ]
14. Since V with the discrete topology is metrizable from (V, ), topological compactness is equivalent to compactness in the sequential sense (page 343), hence
exercise 9 proves that the compact subsets in (V, ) are all and only the finite
ones. 2
d[(x, z), (x , z )] =
=
=
1
2
d1 (x, y)2 + 2d1 (x, y)d1 (y, z) + d1 (y, z)2 + d2 (x , y )2 + 2d2 (x , y )d2 (y , z ) + d2 (y , z )2
h
i 1
2
d1 (x, y)2 + d2 (x , y )2 + d1 (y, z)2 + d2 (y , z )2 + 2 d1 (x, y)d1 (y, z) + d2 (x , y )d2 (y , z )
h
d1 (x, y)2 + d2 (x , y )2 + d1 (y, z)2 + d2 (y , z )2 + . . .
i 1
2
. . . + 2 d1 (x, y)d1 (y, z) + d1 (x, y)d2 (y , z ) + d2 (x , y )d1 (y, z) + d2 (x , y )d2 (y , z )
h
i 1
2
2
2
2
2
d1 (x, y) + d2 (x , y ) + d1 (y, z) + d2 (y , z ) + 2 d1 (x, y) + d2 (x , y ) d1 (y, z) + d2 (y , z )
q
since
a + b + 2 ab = a + b
1
1
2
2
d1 (x, y)2 + d2 (x , y )2 + d1 (y, z)2 + d2 (y , z )2
. 2
17. The base of a metric space (X, d1 ) is the one of its balls B(x, r),
1
every ball in (X, d1 ) (Y, d2 ) = (X Y, (d21 + d22 ) 2 ) is of the form:
1
= B(x , r) B(y , r)
for every open set in (X, d1 ) (Y, d2 ) there is a couple of open sets, one in (X, d1 )
and one in (Y, d2 ), whose product contains them,
moreover
then for every couple of open sets in (X, d1 ) and (Y, d2 ), there is an open set in the
product space containing their product,
then the two topologies coincide. 2
18. [(a) is not hard only for f compact = f sequentially compact,
the other way round and (b) are really non trivial;
see e.g.:
http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/john/MT4522/Lectures/L22.html ]
19. f topological continuous = f sequentially continuous:
consider xn x V , and an open Of (x) containing f (x) V ,
f 1 Of (x) contains x and all of the xn after a certain n0 ,
then all of the f (xn ), after the same n0 , are in Of (x) ,
f is sequelntially continuous;
f sequentially continuous = f topological continuous:
non trivial. . . 2
20. a) 1) Clearly , [0, 1] ;
2) if O1 , O2 , O1C and O2C are finite,
but then also their union O1C O2C = (O1 O2 )C is, = O1 O2 ;
A,
3) if {O }A , OC is finite T
S
S
but then also their intersection A OC = ( A O )C is, = A O ;
b) suppose x [0, 1] S
with a countable base {Bi }iN ,
since BiC is finite i N, iN BiC is countable,
S
since [0, 1] is uncountable, y 6= x, y [0, 1] such that y 6 iN BiC ,
= y Bi i N,
{y}C contains x but is not contained in any element of its base. 2
1
= +. 2
x
2. It can be shown (e.g. by construction) that in R (in any completely ordered set)
sup and inf of any finite set coincide respectively with max and min.
If D Rn is finite also f (D) = {x R | ~x D s.t. f (~x) = x} is.
The result is implied by the Weierstrass theorem because every finite set A is compact, i.e. every sequence in A have a constant (hence converging) subsequence. 2
3. a) Consider x
= max{D}, which exists because D is compact subset of R,
f (
x) is the desired maximum, because 6 x D such that x x
,
= 6 x D such that f (x) f (
x);
b) consider D {(x, y) R2+ | x + y = 1} R2 ,
D is the closed segment from (0, 1) to (1, 0), hence it is compact,
there are no two points in D which are ordered by the partial ordering,
hence every function D R is nondecreasing,
consider:
1
x if x 6= 0
f (x, y) =
0 if x = 0
max f on D is limx0 f (x, y) = limx0
1
x
= +.
4. A finite set is compact, because every sequence have a constant (hence converging) subsequence.
Every function from a finite set is continuous, because we are dealing with the
discrete topology, and every subset is open (see exercise 11 of Appendix C for the
correct statement of Corollary C.23 (page 340)).
We can take a subset A of cardinality k in Rn and construct a one-to-one function
assigning to every element of A a different element in R.
n
A compact and convex subset
P A a R cannot have a finite number k 2 of
elements (because otherwise aA k is different from every a A but should be
in A).
Suppose A is convex and a, b A such that f (a) 6= f (b), then f[a,b] () =
f (a + (1 )b) is a restriction of f : A R but can be also considered as a
function f[a,b] : [0, 1] R.
By continuity every element of [f (a), f (b)] R must be in the codomain of f[a,b]
(the rigorous proof is long, see Th. 1.69, page 60), which is then not finite, so that
neither the codomain of f is. 2
5. Consider sup(f ), it cannot be less than 1, if it is 1, then max(f ) = f (0).
Suppose sup(f ) > 1, then, by continuity, we can construct a sequence {xn
x s.t. x >
R+ | f (xn ) = sup(f ) sup(fn )1 , moreover, since limx f (x) = 0,
x
, f (x) < 1.
{xn } is then limited in the compact set [0, x], hence it must converge to x
. f (
x) is
however sup(f ) and then f (
x) = max(f ).
f (x) = ex , restricted to R+ , satisfies the conditions but has no minimum. 2
6. Continuity (see exercise 11 of Appendix C for the correct statement of Corollary
C.23 (page 340)) is invariant under composition, i.e. the composition of continuous
functions is still continuous.
Suppose g : V1 V2 and f : V2 V3 are continuous, if A V3 is open then, by
continuity of f , also f 1 (A) V2 is, and, by continuity of g, also g1 (f 1 (A)) V1
is.
g1 f 1 : V3 V1 is the inverse function of f g : V1 V3 , which is then also
continuous.
We are in the conditions of the Weierstrass theorem. 2
7.
1 x 0
g(x) =
x
x (0, 1)
1
x1
f (x) = e|x|
10.
| p~ ~x w(H l), l H}
F (~
p, w) = {(~x, l) Rn+1
+
F (~
p, w) compact = ~
p 0 (by absurd):
if pi 0, the constrain could be satisfied also at the limit xi +,
F would not be compact;
~p 0 = F (~
p, w) compact:
F is closed because inequalities are not strict,
l is limited in [0, H],
i {1, . . . n}, xi is surely limited in [0, w(Hl)
].
pi
11.
~ subject to
~ {
~ RN | p~
~ 0, ~y()
~ 0}
max U (~y ())
P
~ = s + N i zis , U : RS R is continuous and strictly increasing
where ys ()
+
i=1
(~y ~y in RS+ if yi yi i {1, . . . , S} and at least one inequality is strict).
~ RN such that p
~ 0 and Z ~0.
Arbitrage:
~
A solution exists no arbitrage
(=) (by absurd: (A = B) (B = A) )
~ RN such that p~
~ 0 and Z t
~ ~0, then any multiple k
~ of
~
suppose
has the same property,
12.
max W u1 (x1 , h(x)), . . . un (xn , h(x))
n+1
, wx=
n
X
xi
i=1
p
2
14. a)
p~(2)
max v(c(1), c(2)) subject to ~c(1) ~0, ~c(2) ~0, p~(1) ~c(1) +
~c(2) W0
1+r
10
(2)
b) we can consider, in R2n , the arrays ~c = (~c(1), ~c(2)) and ~p = (~
p(1), p~1+r
), the
conditions
~(2)
p
~c(2) W0
~c(1) ~0, ~c(2) ~0, p~(1) ~c(1) +
1+r
become
~c ~0, p~ ~c W0
we are in the conditions of example 3.6 (pages 92-93), and ~p ~0 if and only if
p~(1) ~0 and p~(2) ~0. 2
15.
0 x1 y 1
0 x2 f (y1 x1 )
max (x1 ) + (x2 ) + (x3 ) subject to
0 x3 f (f (y1 x1 ) x2 )
lets call A the subset of R3+ that satisfies the conditions, A is compact if it is closed
and bounded (Th. 1.21, page 23).
It is bounded because
A [0, y1 ] [0, max f ([0, y1 ])] [0, max f ([0, max f ([0, y1 ])])] R3+
and maxima exist because of continuity.
Consider (
x1 , x
2 , x
3 ) Ac in R3+ , then (if we reasonably suppose that f (0) = 0),
becasue of continuity, at least one of the following holds:
x
1 > y1 , x
2 > f (y1 x
1 ) or x
3 > f (f (y1 x
1 ) x
2 ).
If we take r = max{
x1 y 1 , x
2 f (y1 x
1 ), x3 f (f (y1 x
1 ) + x
2 )}, r > 0 and
c
B((
x1 , x
2 , x
3 ), r) A .
Ac is open = A is closed. 2
11
f (x) = 1 2x 3x = 0 for x =
f (x) = 2 6x ,
1+3
=
3
1
1
3
f (1) = 4
= 4
f ( 31 )
1 is a local minimum and 13 a local maximum, they are not global because
limx = + and limx+ = . 2
3. The proof is analogous to the proof at page 107, reverting the inequalities.
4. a)
fx = 6x2 + y 2 + 10x
= y = 0 x = 0
fy = 2xy + 2y
12x + 10
2y
2
D f (x, y) =
2y
2x + 2
(0, 0) is a minimum;
b)
fx = e2x + 2e2x (x + y 2 + 2y) = e2x (1 + 2(x + y 2 + 2y))
fy = e2x (2y + 2)
= y = 1
1
1
1
= f ( , 1) = e
2
2
2
since limx f (x, 1) = 0 and limx+ f (x, 1) = +, the only critical point
( 21 , 1) is a global minimum;
1 + 2(x + 1 2) = 0 = x =
1
1
2
2
= (0, 0) (0, a) (a, 0) ( a, a) ( a, a)
5
5
5
5
D f (x, y) =
2y
a 2x 2y
a 2x 2y
2x
12
= y =
1
1
= 4x3 = = impossible
2
2x
x
3
= (0, 0) ( , 0)
4
1
2
1x2 +y 2
(1+x2 +y 2 )2
2xy
(1+x2 +y 2 )2
= (1, 0) (1, 0)
fx
fy
y = 0 = x = 2
= x8 + 2xy 2 1
=
x = 1 = y = 47
2
= 2y(x 1)
x = 1 = impossible
3 2
x + 2y 2
4xy
2
8
D f (x, y) =
4xy
2y(x2 1)
13
5
7
0
7
2
4
= saddle,
=
= saddle, D f (1, 4 ) =
0 0
7 0
5
7
4
D2 f (1, 47 ) =
= saddle. 2
7
0
D2 f (2, 0)
3
2
9
2
= y = 29 . 2
yx
lim inf
yB(x ,)x
f (x ) f (y) 0
1 xQ
0 otherwise
df
d f
= 0 =
=0
dxi
dxi
Df (~x ) = ~0 = D f (~x ) = ~0
14
b)
d2 f
df i
df df
d h
d2 f
(f )
= (f )
=
+ (f )
dxi dxj
dxj
dxi
dxi dxj
dxi dxj
d2 f
d2 f
df
= 0 =
= (f )
dxi
dxi dxj
dxi dxj
Df (~x ) = ~0 = D 2 f (~x ) = (f (~x )) D 2 f (~x )
a negative definite matrix is still so if multiplied by a constant.
10. Let us check conditions on principal minors (see e.g. Hal R. Varian, 1992,
Microeconomic analysis, Norton, pp.500-501).
f x1 x1 . . . f x1 xn
..
..
D2 f (~x) = ...
.
.
f x1 xn . . . f xn xn
fx1 x1 . . . fx1 xn
gx1 x1 . . . gx1 xn
..
..
.. = D 2 f (~x) =
..
..
D2 g(~x) = ...
.
.
.
.
.
fx1 xn . . . fxn xn
gx1 xn . . . gxn xn
the ith principal minor is a polinimial where all the elements have order i,
it is easy to check that odd principal minors mantain the sign of its arguments,
while even ones are always positive,
hence D 2 f (~x) positive definite = D 2 f (~x) negative definite. 2
15
=0
Lx = 2x + 2x = = 1 x = 0
=0
Ly = 2y + 2y = = 1 y = 0
x = 0 y = 1 = 1
=0
2
2
L = x + y 1 =
y = 0 x = 1 = 1
f (x) = x (1 x ) = 2x 1 =
min for x = 0
max for x =
1 x2 ,
2. a) Substituting y 1 x:
f (x) = x3 (1 x)3 = 3x2 3x + 1 = max for x =
b)
L(x, y, ) = x3 + y 3 + (x + y 1)
)
=0
Lx = 3x2 + = = 3x2
=0
Ly = 3y 2 + = = 3y 2
= x = y
x=y
L = x + y 1 = x = y =
x=y=
1
2
1
2
2
3. a)
L(x, y, ) = xy + (x2 + y 2 2a2 )
=0
Lx = y + 2x = (y = 0 = 0) y = 2x
=0
Ly = x + 2y = (x = 0 = 0) x = 2y
x = 0 y = 2a
=0
L = x2 + y 2 2a2 =
y = 0 x = 2a
y = 2x x = 2y
16
(0, 2a) and ( 2a, 0) are saddle points, because f (x, y) can be positive or negative for any ball around them;
y = 2x x = 2y imply:
= 12 , x = y, and x = a,
the sign of x does not matter, when x = y we have a maximum, when x = y a
minimum.
b) substitute x
x1 , y
1
y
and a
1
a
L(
x, y, ) = x
+ y + (
x2 + y2 a
2 )
1
=0
Lx = 1 + 2
x = x
=
2
1
=0
Ly = 1 + 2
y = y = = x
2
2
=0
= y =
a
L = x
2 + y2 a
2 = x
2
for x
and y negative we have a minimum, otherwise a maximum.
c)
L(x, y, x, ) = x + y + z + (x1 + y 1 + z 1 1)
=0
Lx = 1 x2 = x =
=0
. . . = y =
=0
. . . = z =
=0
fz = 3z 10z + 8 = z =
25 24
2
=
4
3
3
as z , f (z) ,
fzz = 6z 10 is negative for z = 43 (local maximum)
and positive for z = 2 (local minimum),
17
when z = 34 , x + y = 5 z = 11
3 and xy = 8 (x + y)z =
= one is also 34 and the other 73 ,
28
9
16
x:
=0
f (x) = x + 16
= fx = 1 x162 = x = 4
x
when x = 4 and y = 14 we have a minimum, maxima are unbounded for limx0
and limx ;
f) substituting z 6 x and y 2x:
f (x) = x2 + 4x (6 x)2 = 16x 36 ,
f (x) is a linear function with no maxima nor minima.
A lemniscate
0
0.5
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
x
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
x4 + 2x2 y 2 + y 4 x2 + y 2 = 0
y 4 + (2x2 + 1)y 2 + x4 x2 = 0
2x2 1 +
2x2 + 1 + 8x2 + 1
y = f (x) =
2
y
18
5. a) (x 1)3 = y 2 implies x 1,
f (x) = x3 2x2 + 3x 1 = fx = 3x2 4x + 3 which is always positive for
x 1,
since f (x) is increasing, min f (x) = f (1) = 1 (y = 0);
b) the derivative of the constraint D((x 1)3 y 2 ) is (3x2 6x + 3, 2y) ,
which is (0, 0) in (1, 0) and in any other point satisfying the constraint,
hence the rank condition in the Theorem of Lagrange is violated. 2
6. a)
1
L(~x, ~) = ~c ~x + ~x D~x + ~ (A~x ~b)
2
n
n
m
n
n
X
X
X
1 XX
ci xi +
=
Aij xj bi
i
xj Dji xi +
2
i=1
i=1
Lxi = ci + Dii xi +
= ci +
n
X
1
2
n
X
j=1
xj Dji +
j=1,j6=i
m
X
1
2
i=1
n
X
j=1
xj Dij +
j=1,j6=i
m
X
j Aji
j=1
j Aji
xj Dij +
j=1
j=1
Li
j=1
n
X
Aij xj bi
b). . .
7. The constraint is the normalixation |~x| = 1, the system is:
f (~x) = ~x A~x
n
n X
X
xj Aji xi
=
i=1 j=1
n
X
xj Aji
f xi = 2
j=1
Pn
j=1,j6=i xj Aji
xi =
Aii
x~ =
A21
A11
..
.
0
..
.
...
...
..
.
A1n
Ann
A2n
Ann
...
A12
A22
19
An1
A11
An2
A22
..
.
0
~
x B x~
for any eigenvectors of the square matrix B, its two normalization (one opposite
of the other) are critical points of the problem;
A11 . . . An1
.. , ~x is constant,
..
since D 2 f (~x) = 2 ...
.
.
A1n . . . Ann
all critical points are maxima, minima or saddles, according wether A is positivedefinite, negative-definite or neither. 2
8. a)
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
stock
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
50
100
150
200
days
250
300
350
400
dt
,
The function s(t) quantifying the stock is periodic of period T = x dI
RT
s(t)
x
in this period the average stock is 0 T = xT
2T = 2 ,
in the long run this will be the total average;
b)
Lx
Ln
x
L(x, n, ) = Ch + C0 n + (nx A)
2
Ch
C0
Ch
= 2 + n
=0
= n =
x=
= C0 + x
2
r
Ch C0
Ch C0
=0
L = nx A =
= A = =
22
2A
20
1.8
1.6
1.4
X=x21+x22 1
1.2
0.8
0.6
w /w
1
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
x1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
if w1 < w2 it is clear from the graph that (1, 0) is the cheapest point in X,
similarly, if w2 < w1 , the cheapest point is 0, 1,
if w1 = w2 they both cost w1 = w2 ;
b) if nonnegativity constraints are ignored:
min w1 x1 + w2 x2 =
x21 +x22 1
lim
w1 x1 + w2 x2 =
max x 2 + y 2 s.t. px + y = 1
1
Lx =
Ln =
L(x, y, ) = x 2 + y 2 + (px + y 1)
)
1 12
x
+
p
=0
2
= x = (2p)2 y = (2)2
1 12
+
y
2
=0
L = px + y 1 = p(2p)2 + (2)2 = 1
p
p2 + p
1
p2 + p
p
+
=
=
1
=
42 p2 42
42 p2
2p
2
21
p
1
1 1 2x
1 2x2
1 x2 = ln x+ ln(1x2 ) = fx =
=
2
x 2 1 x2
(1 x2 )x
2
2
= y =
= x =
2
2
which is the argument of the maximum. 2
=0
py
sin
=
cos
pz
y
py
=
z
pz
p2y
py
+ p2z
cos =
p2y
pz
+ p2z
y= x
p2y
py
+ p2z
z= x
p2y
pz
+ p2z
py
pz
py pz
x p2 +p2 ) is a maximum and ( x p2 +p
x p2 +p2 ) is a minimum. 2
( x p2 +p
2,
2,
y
22
6 x1 2x2
3
1
2
max f (x1 , x2 ) = 2x1 x2 x21 x2 x1 x22 s.t. x1 [0, 1], x2 [2, 4]
3
3
2x2 32 x22
2
x
3 2
2x1 13 x22
4
x
3 2
3
2
= 3 x2 ,
14 x1 ,
L(~x, ) =
T
X
t=1
Lx i =
T
X
xt 1
2t xt +
t=1
1
2i1 xi 2
2i1 xi
12
= 2j1 xj
x 1
i
xj
xi
2j+1
= 2ji =
= 22(ji)
2i+1
xj
T
1
X
i=0
1
x ,
22(T 1) 1
T 1
T 1
X
1 X i
1
4i
4i , x2 = /
4 , . . . xT = (T 1) /
4
4
i=0
i=0
1
1 14
= 43 .
5. a)
min w1 x1 + w2 x2 s.t. x1 x2 = y2 , x1 1, x2 > 0
the feasible set is closed but unbounded as x1 +
b) substituting x2 =
y2
x1
we get:
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f (x1 ) = w1 x1 + w2 xy1
2
=0
f (x1 ) = w1 w2 xy2
= x1 = +
if
w2
w1 y
w2
y
w1
since x1 > 1
since x1 > 1
w1
w2 y,
r w
w1
y,
w1
y
w2
w1 x1 + w2 x2 + 1 (
y 2 x1 x2 ) + 2 (x1 1)
w2
y
=0
Lx2 = w2 1 x1 = 1 =
=0
w1
w2
Lx1 = w1 1 x2 + 2 = 2 = 0
for (1, y 2 )
=0
Lx2 = w2 1 x1 = 1 = w2
=0
Lx1 = w1 1 x2 + 2 = 2 = w2 y 2 w1 . 2
6.
1
max
f (x1 , x2 ) =
max
(x,y)R2+
(x,y)R2+
=0
fx = p1 + p2 y 2w1 x = x =
p2 p1
p2 y
=0
fy = xp2 3w2 y =
+ 2 3w2 y 2 = y =
2w1
2w1
2
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p1 + p2 y
2w1
r
p2
2w21
p22
2w1
2
3w2
+ 6 w2wp12 p1
97 1
97
=
= x =
y=
6
24
96
4
1
is negative semidefinite for
it is a maximum, because D 2 f (x, y) =
1 12y
every y 0,
it is a global one for positive values because it is the only critical point. 2
14 +
1
16
+6
(x,y)R2+
xR+
16 3
x
5
with numerical methods it is possible to calculate that the only positive x for which
fx = 0 is x 3.5480,
where f (x) 128.5418,
48
2
since fxx = 40 48
5 x < 40 5 5 < 0, it is a maximum,
we obtain x1 12.5883 and x2 9.9294;
fx = 1 + 40x
(x,y)R2+
which becomes:
max fa (x) = x +
xR+
100 a 2 3 4
x x
5
5
12 3
x
5
the value of a that makes the choice indifferent is when fa (x) 128.5418 (as
without coupon) and fa = 0,
for lower values of a the coupon is clearly desirable. 2
fa = 1 + (200 2a)x
8. a)
max u(f, e, l) s.t. l [0, H], uf > 0, ue > 0, ul > 0
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wl
p
and e =
(1)wl
:
q
wl (1 )wl
,
, l s.t. l [0, H], [0, 1], uf > 0, ue > 0, ul < 0 ;
p
q
b)
wl (1 )wl
,
, l + 1 l + 2 (H l) + 3 + 4 (1 )
L(l, , ~) = u
p
q
du
Ll =
+ 1 2
dl
du
L =
+ 3 4
d
and the constraints;
c) the problem is
max
l[0,16], [0,1]
= () 3 (1 ) 3 (3l) 3 l2
we can decompose the two variables function:
1
1
2
f (l, ) = g()(3l) 3 l2 , where g() () 3 (1 ) 3
2
since (3l) 3 is always positive, for l [0, 16],
and g() is always positive, for [0, 1],
g() maximizes alone for = 12 , where f ( 12 ) = 64;
now we have:
1
=0
= l = 64 3 3 l 3
4
= l 3 64 0.6934 = l 17.1938
always negative
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in principle Weierstrass theorem applies but not Kuhn-Tucker because min is continuous but not differentiable.
The cheapest way to maximize min{x2 , x3 } is however when x2 = x3 , the problem
becomes:
1
10. a)
max p f (L + l) w1 L w2 l s.t. l 0, f C 1 is concave = fl < 0
b)
L(l, ) = p f (L + l) w1 L w2 l + l
Ll = p fl (L + l) w2 +
L = l
l = 0 and = w2 p fl (L + l);
c) pf (L +l)w1 L w2 l maximizes once (by concavity) for pfl (L +l) = w2 ,
when this happens for l 0, the maximum is (by chance) the Lagrangean point,
when instead this happens for l > 0, the maximum is not on the boundary. 2
11. a)
1
= K2 + x2
1
27
34
3
4
1
4
fx2 = 41 x1 x2
1 = 0 = x2 = 14 x1
1
16
= x1 = x2 =
units of x2 to produce
1
4
1 2
4
1
16
units of y;
12. a)
max py (x1 (x2 + x3 )) w
~ ~x
L(~x, ~) = py (x1 (x2 + x3 )) w
~ ~x + ~ ~x
Lx i
Lx1 = py (x2 + x3 ) w1 + 1
i={2,3}
= py x1 wi + i
Li = xi
x1 =
w3 3
w2 2
=
py
py
x2 + x3
= 3 2 = w3 w2
=
w1 1
py
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