Continuously differentiable function

[Lee33]

Homework Statement

Show that if $f$ is a continuously differentiable real valued function on an open interval in $E^2$ and $\partial^2f/\partial x\partial y=0,$ then there are continuously differentiable real-valued functions $f_1,f_2$ on open intervals in $\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x,y)=f_1(x)+f_2(y).$

How can I prove this?

Homework Equations

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The Attempt at a Solution

Let $(x_0,y_0)\in E^2$ and integrate twice:

$0=\int_{y_0}^y\int_{x_0}^x\partial_x(\partial_yf(x',y'))dx'dy'=\int_{y_0}^y(\partial_yf(x,y')-\partial_yf(x_0,y'))dy'=f(x,y)-f(x,y_0)-f(x_0,y)+f(x_0,y_0).$

 

[micromass]

This looks fine. Was there any problem with this?

 

[Lee33]

Nope, I was just confirming. Thanks for confirming!