Ok, so in my notes it says
Prop 1: If a function is differentiable, it will be continuous AND it will also have partial derivatives.
Prop 2: If a function is continuous, or has partial derivatives, or has both, it does not guarantee the function is differentiable.
And the example to follow for prop 2 is:
$f(x,y)=\frac{y^3}{x^2+y^2}$ if $(x,y )\ne (0,0)$
$f(x,y)=0 $ if $(x,y)=(0,0)$
$f_x(0,0)=0$
$f_y(0,0)=1$ (how????)
The function is also continuous at $(0,0)$ since $\lim f(x,y)=0$ (using squeeze theorem)
So it says the partial derivatives exist.
My first question is, why is $f_y(0,0)=1$? shouldn't it be $0$? Not that it makes a difference. The partials will exist regardless.
My second question is, it says that this function is not differentiable. How do they know that?
My third question: It says in the calculus textbook, one of the theorems (theorem 8 of chapter 14.4 for stewert's book): If the partial derivatives $f_x$ and $f_y$ exist near $(a,b)$ and are continuous at $(a,b)$ then $f$ is differentiable at $(a,b)$. How does this make sense? The example in my notes just said a function can be continuous and have partials, but still not be differentiable
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