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Compute the first variation of J(y)=\int_a^b (y'^2+2y)dx\,

\delta J(y, h)\, = \frac{d}{d\varepsilon} J(y + \varepsilon h) \left.\right|_{\varepsilon = 0}
= \frac{d}{d\varepsilon} \int_a^b ((y^\prime + \varepsilon h^\prime)^2 + 2(y + \varepsilon h)) \ dx\left.\right|_{\varepsilon = 0}
= \frac{d}{d\varepsilon} \int_a^b (y^{\prime 2} + 2\varepsilon y^\prime h^\prime + \varepsilon^2 h^{\prime 2} + 2y + 2\varepsilon h) \ dx\left.\right|_{\varepsilon = 0}
= \int_a^b \frac{d}{d\varepsilon} (y^{\prime 2} + 2\varepsilon y^\prime h^\prime + \varepsilon^2 h^{\prime 2} + 2y + 2\varepsilon h) \ dx\left.\right|_{\varepsilon = 0}
= \int_a^b (2y^\prime h^\prime + 2\varepsilon h^{\prime 2} + 2h) \ dx\left.\right|_{\varepsilon = 0}
= \int_a^b (2y^\prime h^\prime + 2h) \ dx


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