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$\begingroup$ This is helpful for solving the brachistochrone problem, but not for giving pre-solution intuition that a minimizer exists in the first place - which is what I'm asking about here. $\endgroup$

Noah Schweber
– Noah Schweber

2026-01-31 23:29:33 +00:00
Commented 8 hours ago
$\begingroup$ @NoahSchweber I added to the answer. Dscussion: "What it takes to have solid expectation that a single extremum exists" $\endgroup$

Cleonis
– Cleonis

2026-02-01 01:33:06 +00:00
Commented 6 hours ago

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