Answer
TRUE
Work Step by Step
If $f$ has a local minimum at $(a,b)$, then it is a critical point and therefore has partial derivatives $f_x$ and $f_y = 0$. Since the gradient is $(f_x, f_y)$, the gradient is also $0$.
The statement is true.
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