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Problem 693

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Algebra Difficulty 5.2 Find the answer

13. Let f(x,y)=ax2+xy+y2x2+y2 f(x, y) = \frac{a x^{2} + x y + y^{2}}{x^{2} + y^{2}} , satisfying
maxx2+y2+0f(x,y)minx2+y2+0f(x,y)=2 \max _{x^{2}+y^{2}+0} f(x, y) - \min _{x^{2}+y^{2}+0} f(x, y) = 2 \text{. }

Find a a .

Official solution

=max0θ<2π(a12cos2θ+12sin2θ+a+12)=max0θ<2π((a12)2+14sin(2θ+a)+a+12)=(a12)2+14+a+12. \begin{array}{l} =\max _{0 \leqslant \theta<2 \pi}\left(\frac{a-1}{2} \cos 2 \theta+\frac{1}{2} \sin 2 \theta+\frac{a+1}{2}\right) \\ =\max _{0 \leqslant \theta<2 \pi}\left(\sqrt{\left(\frac{a-1}{2}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}} \sin (2 \theta+a)+\frac{a+1}{2}\right) \\ =\sqrt{\left(\frac{a-1}{2}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}}+\frac{a+1}{2} . \end{array}

Similarly, maxx2+y2y0f(x,y)=(a12)2+14+a+12\max _{x^{2}+y^{2} y_{0}} f(x, y)=-\sqrt{\left(\frac{a-1}{2}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}}+\frac{a+1}{2}. Therefore, maxx2+y2+0f(x,y)minx2+y20f(x,y)\max _{x^{2}+y^{2}+0} f(x, y)-\min _{x^{2}+y^{2} \neq 0} f(x, y)
=2(a12)2+14 =2 \sqrt{\left(\frac{a-1}{2}\right)^{2}+\frac{1}{4}} \text {. }

Thus, (a1)2=3(a-1)^{2}=3, which means a=1±3a=1 \pm \sqrt{3}. Three, 13. Since f(kx,ky)=f(x,y)f(k x, k y)=f(x, y), we have
maxx2+y2f(x,y)=maxx2+y2=1f(x,y)=max0<θ<2π(acos2θ+cosθsinθ+sin2θ)=max0<θ<2π((a1)cos2θ+cosθsinθ+1) \begin{array}{l} \max _{x^{2}+y^{2}} f(x, y)=\max _{x^{2}+y^{2}=1} f(x, y) \\ =\max _{0<\theta<2 \pi}\left(a \cos ^{2} \theta+\cos \theta \cdot \sin \theta+\sin ^{2} \theta\right) \\ =\max _{0<\theta<2 \pi}\left((a-1) \cos ^{2} \theta+\cos \theta \cdot \sin \theta+1\right) \end{array}

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