
4.14 Variational calculus
Problem:
Investigate the functional to an extremum.
\[
\begin{array}{l}
I[y(x)]=\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}}\left(2 y y^{\prime}+y^{\prime 2}-16 y^{2}\right) d x, \\
y(0)=0, \quad y\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=0 .
\end{array}
\]