Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.4 Differentiability, Differentials, And Local Linearity - Exercises Set 13.4 - Page 949: 63

Answer

Differentiable everywhere

Work Step by Step

We are given that \[ x^{2} \sin y=f(x, y) \] We have to prove that $f(x, y)$ is differentiable everywhere. Thus, obtaining partial derivatives of $f(x, y)$: \[ \begin{array}{l} 2 x \sin y=f_{x}(x, y) \\ x^{2} \cos y=f_{y}(x, y) \end{array} \] As we can see that $f_{x}$ and $f_{y}$ are both continuous functions $\forall(x, y) \in \mathbb{R},$ by theorem 13.4.4, we can write if both partial derivatives exist and are continuous, then the function is differentiable for all points in the domain.
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