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| Oct13-08, 02:32 PM | #1 |
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Definition of a Derivative/Limit
I'm in a multi-variable calculus course, and we need to know definitions for the test.
Is this a correct definition of a derivative: Let [tex]f:R^n \rightarrow R^p[/tex] f is diffrentiable at x iff there exists a matrix (p x n) Df(x) such that [tex]lim (h\rightarrow0)\frac{f(x - h) -f(x) -Df(x)h}{||h||} = 0[/tex] My professor gave us quite a few definitions for derivative, some involve gradients and epsilon. Just wondering if the above also works. and is this a correct definition of a limit: [tex]lim (x \rightarrow x_0) F(x) = A [/tex] there exists [tex]\epsilon > 0[/tex] such that [tex]\delta>0 \Rightarrow [/tex] [tex]0<||x - x_0|| <\delta \Rightarrow ||f(x) - A|| < \epsilon[/tex] |
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