Maximum of entropy and Lagrange multiplier

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Hello, I have to find the density of probability which gives the maximum of the entropy with the following constraint[tex]\bar{x} = \int x\rho(x)dx[/tex]
[tex]\int \rho(x) dx = 1[/tex]

the entropy is : [tex]S = -\int \rho(x) ln(\rho(x)) dx[/tex]

[tex]L = -\int \rho(x) ln(\rho(x)) dx - \lambda_1 ( \int \rho(x) dx -1 ) - \lambda_2 (\int x \rho(x)dx -\bar{x})[/tex]

[tex]\frac {\partial L } { \partial \rho(x) } = \int ( - ln(\rho(x)) -1 - \lambda_1 - x \lambda_2 ) dx= 0[/tex]

[tex]\rho(x) = e^{-(1 + \lambda_1 + x \lambda_2)}[/tex]

Now I use the normalisation

[tex]\int \rho(x) dx = 1 = e^{-(1 + \lambda_1) } \int e^{-x\lambda_2} dx \Rightarrow e^{-(1 + \lambda_1) } = \frac{1}{\int e^{-x\lambda_2} dx}[/tex]

[tex]\rho(x) = \frac{e^{-x \lambda_2}}{\int e^{-x\lambda_2} dx}[/tex]

From there I don't really know what to do. What shall I do to get a better expression of this ?
 
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