Module 11 :   Partial derivatives, Chain rules,  Implicit differentiation, Gradient, Directional derivatives
Lecture 31 :  Differentiability [Section 31.2]
31.2.5

Increment Theorem (Sufficient condition for differentiability):

  Let and be such that the following hold:
(i)

For some both and exist at all points in

(ii)
Both and are continuous at the point . Then, is differentiable at .
  Proof
 

Let . Applying Mean Value Theorem to the functions
          
we can find points between and and between and such that
                               ............................. (26)

             .............................. (27)
Thus, using (26) and (27) we have

         
where
           
Since are continuous at , we obtain
           
Hence, is differentiable at

 
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