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is differentiable at the origin with a discontinuous gradient
Example
For put and define
Then is totally differentiable at the origin with derivative zero. On the punctured plane,
and this gradient is not continuous at the origin.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The function in the Example and .
For , (The -norms for rational , and ).
For every real , and (Parity and the Pythagorean identity for sine and cosine).
The functions and are differentiable on , with and ; also and (The derivatives of sine and cosine are cosine and minus sine).
If real functions and are differentiable at the relevant points, then (The chain rule, in one line from Carathéodory: if is differentiable at and is differentiable at , then is differentiable at with ).
Products, sums, scalar multiples, and quotients with nonzero denominator obey their usual derivative rules (Sums, scalar multiples, products and quotients: , , , and when ).
A map is totally differentiable at the origin with derivative zero when as through nonzero vectors (The total (Fréchet) derivative as the linear first-order approximation with remainder).
For a scalar function, the gradient is the vector of its coordinate partial derivatives (The Jacobian matrix of partial derivatives and the gradient in the scalar-valued case).
If and , then the real power agrees with the rational power; in particular this holds for (The exponential definition of real powers agrees with the existing rational powers).
Every nonnegative real has a unique nonnegative square root (Square roots exist: a unique with ; the positives are ).
For every real , and (Quarter-turn values and shifts by pi/2 and pi).
Both sine and cosine have period (The zero sets of sine and cosine and the least positive common period 2 pi).
For every real there is a natural with (For every in a complete ordered field there is a natural with ).
The number is positive (Pi as twice the smallest positive zero of cosine).
If a map is totally differentiable at a point, then each partial derivative there equals the total derivative applied to the corresponding standard basis vector (A total derivative computes every directional derivative, and its matrix is the Jacobian).
Verification
For , ; hence this quotient tends to zero as .
For put and . Both are positive. Given , apply [L13] to to obtain with ; then gives . Thus and .
On the punctured plane, applying the derivative of the positive square root to gives and .
For on , the derivative rules give .
Therefore is totally differentiable at the origin with derivative zero, and .
Since for , steps 1.3 and 1.4 and the definition of the gradient give .
Along the positive -axis, periodicity gives , while periodicity followed by the shift through gives .
Both point sequences in step 1.2 approach the origin but their gradient values in step 3.1 are distinct constants, so has no limit at the origin and is not continuous there.
Remarks
The factor is strong enough to make at the origin. Differentiation removes one radial power and exposes the undamped cosine oscillation, which is why the gradient behaves differently from the function.
Depends on
- The $p$-norms $\lVert x\rVert_p$ for rational $p \ge 1$, and $\lVert x\rVert_\infty$
- Parity and the Pythagorean identity for sine and cosine
- The derivatives of sine and cosine are cosine and minus sine
- The chain rule, in one line from Carathéodory: if $g$ is differentiable at $c$ and $f$ is differentiable at $g(c)$, then $f \circ g$ is differentiable at $c$ with $(f \circ g)'(c) = f'(g(c))\,g'(c)$
- Sums, scalar multiples, products and quotients: $(f+g)'(c) = f'(c) + g'(c)$, $(\alpha f)'(c) = \alpha f'(c)$, $(fg)'(c) = f'(c)g(c) + f(c)g'(c)$, and $(f/g)'(c) = \bigl(f'(c)g(c) - f(c)g'(c)\bigr)/g(c)^{2}$ when $g(c) \ne 0$
- The total (Fréchet) derivative $Df(a)$ as the linear first-order approximation with $o(\|h\|_2)$ remainder
- A total derivative computes every directional derivative, and its matrix is the Jacobian
- The Jacobian matrix of partial derivatives and the gradient in the scalar-valued case
- Continuity and derivatives of positive-base real powers
- The exponential definition of real powers agrees with the existing rational powers
- Square roots exist: a unique $\sqrt{a} \ge 0$ with $(\sqrt{a})^2 = a$; the positives are $\{x^2 : x \neq 0\}$
- Quarter-turn values and shifts by pi/2 and pi
- The zero sets of sine and cosine and the least positive common period 2 pi
- For every $\varepsilon > 0$ in a complete ordered field there is a natural $n \ge 1$ with $1/n < \varepsilon$
- Pi as twice the smallest positive zero of cosine
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Sources
- J. Lebl, Basic Analysis II, sections 8.3 and 11.4 (standard reference, not scraped)
- University of Toronto MAT237, section 2.1 Differentiation of real-valued functions (standard reference, not scraped)