====== Lagrange Multiplier ======

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  * [[https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/lagrange_multipliers/|More people should know about Lagrange multipliers]] by Brian Skinner
  
  
 Sometimes you want to maximize something (profit, health, utility, floor space) but subject to a constraint.  A Lagrange multiplier is the name for the variable you mess with when running optimization algorithms/functions in order to find that maximum.

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[{{ :basic_tools:lagrangemultiplier.png?nolink&600 |https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/classical-mechanics-versus-thermodynamics-part-1/}}]
 
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The motto in this section is: //the higher the level of abstraction, the better//.
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<tabbox Why is it interesting?> 

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