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    How should I find the nontrivial stationary paths?

    I don't understand. If the condition has an infinity of roots, then how are we supposed to plug those ## k ## values into the eigensolutions ##y_\lambda (x)## into ##C[y_\lambda]=1## in order to find the constant ## A ##?
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    How should I find the nontrivial stationary paths?

    Since the constant ## B=0 ##, we have ## y=Asin(\sqrt{\lambda}x) ## and using the boundary condition at ## x=1 ## gives ## (1-\lambda)y(1)+y'(1)=0\implies (1-\lambda)Asin(\sqrt{\lambda})+A\sqrt{\lambda}cos(\sqrt{\lambda})=0 ##. But then this means ## sin(\sqrt{\lambda})=0\implies...
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    How should I find the nontrivial stationary paths?

    How can ## \lambda ## satisfy a certian condition? And how to find the constant ## A ##?
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    How should I find the nontrivial stationary paths?

    I still don't get this one. How does ## (1-\lambda)y(1)+y'(1)=0 ## determine our another constant ## A ##?
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    How should I find the nontrivial stationary paths?

    So for part b), I've got ## y=Asin(\sqrt{\lambda}x)+Bcos(\sqrt{\lambda}x) ##, where ## A, B ## are constants. The condition ## y(0)=0 ## gives ## B=0 ## and the boundary condition at ## x=1 ## gives ## y(1)=0\implies 0=Asin(\sqrt{\lambda})\implies sin(\sqrt{\lambda})=0 ## since ## A\neq 0 ##...
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    How should I find the nontrivial stationary paths?

    a) Proof: Let ## \lambda ## be the Lagrange multiplier. Then the auxiliary functional is ## \overline{S}[y]=\alpha y(1)^2+\int_{0}^{1}\beta y'^2dx-\lambda (\gamma y(1)^2+\int_{0}^{1}w(x)y^2dx-1) ##. This gives ## \overline{S}[y+\epsilon h]=\alpha (y(1)+\epsilon h(1))^2+\int_{0}^{1}\beta...
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    What were you doing at 16?

    When I was 16, I stressed out so much in high school because I wanted to get into a good college. School life was very overwhelming.
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    What ONE Physics topic would you choose to study and why?

    If I were restricted to study only one physics topic for the rest of my life, then it would be astrophysics, because it's interesting.
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    Music Study with or without music?

    It really depends on the person/individual. Everyone is different. For me, I cannot study with music, mainly because I get distracted very easily, since my blood type is O.
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    How should I show that ## B ## is given by the solution of this?

    Okay, so for part b) of this problem, I've got that ## v=\cosh(v)+B\sinh(v)\implies B\sinh(v)=v-\cosh(v)\implies B=\frac{v-\cosh(v)}{\sinh(v)} ##. After I substitute ## B=\frac{v-\cosh(v)}{\sinh(v)} ## into ## B^2-1=2\sinh(v)+2B\cosh(v) ##, I have ##...
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    How should I show that ## B ## is given by the solution of this?

    a) Consider the functional ## S[y]=\int_{0}^{v}(y'^2+y^2)dx, y(0)=1, y(v)=v, v>0 ##. By definition, the Euler-Lagrange equation is ## \frac{d}{dx}(\frac{\partial F}{\partial y'})-\frac{\partial F}{\partial y}=0, y(a)=A, y(b)=B ## for the functional ## S[y]=\int_{a}^{b}F(x, y, y')dx, y(a)=A...
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    Admissions Is it too late to pursue a career in physics at 32 years old?

    Can certainly bring advancement in OP's career, at least. Earning the third Bachelor's degree might be a challenge since many schools won't allow it, just as you mentioned earlier. After I graduated from high school, I started working and I self-study mathematics, as of now.
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    Admissions Is it too late to pursue a career in physics at 32 years old?

    Yeah, instead of trying to obtain another Bachelor's degree in either mathematics or physics, I think the OP should earn either a Master's degree in criminology or psychology, since the OP already has Bachelor's degrees in those two majors. In addition, the Bachelor's degrees that the OP already...
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    Admissions Is it too late to pursue a career in physics at 32 years old?

    That's a good fact to know. I didn't know that HMC doesn't admit students who already have a Bachelor's degree.
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    Admissions Is it too late to pursue a career in physics at 32 years old?

    I highly recommend Harvey Mudd College, this school provides excellent undergraduate education for STEM majors.
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