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)=y3x2+y2 if (x,y)≠(0,0)
f(x,y)=0 if (x,y)=(0,0)
fx(0,0)=0
fy(0,0)=1 (how????)
The function is also continuous at (0,0) since lim (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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