We try to create a concrete computation to find the local extreme of f:Rn⊃U→R subject to the constraint g(→x)=c. Here c is a regular point, namely, a point such that g(→x)=c⟹∇g(→x)≠→0.
Moreover, we call the surface specified by g(→x)=c to be S, hence we are finding the local extreme of f restricted to the surface S, namely, we are finding the local extreme of f|S. Suppose now f|S attains the local extreme at →x=→x0, then for any →v∈{→u∈Rn:∇g(→x0)⋅→u=→0}:=T→x0S, i.e. any tangent vector moving on S at →x0, we have D→vf(→x0)=∇f(→x0)⋅→v=0 (for otherwise it is not an extrema).
Let's summarize the implication, ∀→v∈T→x0S⟹∇f(→x0)⋅→v=0.
Since ∇g(→x0) spans the normal space of S at →x0, it follows that ∇f(→x0)=λ∇g(→x0).
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