When Are Partial Derivatives Continuous?

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Hallo,
What is the condition for partial derivatives to be continuous (if I have function f(x,y))?
Thanks,
Omri
 
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Is the partial derivative a continuous function?

For example, does {\partial y}/{\partial x} = f(x,y)?

If so, then what is the condition that f(x,y) be continous?

and then apply this to higher order partials {\partial^n y}/{\partial x^n}
 
omri3012 said:
Hallo,
What is the condition for partial derivatives to be continuous (if I have function f(x,y))?
Thanks,
Omri
That question is a bit strange. There are a number of things that are true if the partials are continuous (mixed derivatives the same, for instance) but I don't know of any that says "IF a condition is true THEN the partials are continuous".
 
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