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Differentiable function/D open in K/Rules/Fact/Proof

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Proof

(1). We write f and g respectively with the objects which were formulated in fact, that is

f(x)=f(a)+s(xa)+r(x)(xa)

and

g(x)=g(a)+s~(xa)+r~(x)(xa).

Summing up yields

f(x)+g(x)=f(a)+g(a)+(s+s~)(xa)+(r+r~)(x)(xa).

Here, the sum r+r~ is again continuous in a, with value 0.
(2). We start again with

f(x)=f(a)+s(xa)+r(x)(xa)

and

g(x)=g(a)+s~(xa)+r~(x)(xa),

and multiply both equations. This yields

f(x)g(x)=(f(a)+s(xa)+r(x)(xa))(g(a)+s~(xa)+r~(x)(xa))=f(a)g(a)+(sg(a)+s~f(a))(xa)+(f(a)r~(x)+g(a)r(x)+ss~(xa)+sr~(x)(xa)+s~r(x)(xa)+r(x)r~(x)(xa))(xa).

Due to fact for limits, the expression consisting of the last six summands is a continuous function, with value 0 for x=a.
(3) follows from (2), since a constant function is differentiable with derivative 0.
(4). We have

1g(x)1g(a)xa=1g(a)g(x)g(x)g(a)xa.

Since g is continuous in a, due to fact, the left-hand factor converges for xa to 1g(a)2, and because of the differentiability of g in a, the right-hand factor converges to g(a).
(5) follows from (2) and (4).