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Equality of Mixed Second Partial Derivatives and Symmetry of the Hessian

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Reason: Re-versioned onto def:ck-map-euclidean-2026a and def:hessian-matrix-2026b; the second-order partial derivative notation is now sourced from the Hessian definition and clause 4 of the C^k definition. Clears depth-2 redaction exposure. · 1,031 chars · 7 deps · depth 12

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Let nn be a natural number, let U⊆RnU\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n be an open subset of Euclidean space Rn\mathbb{R}^n, let R\mathbb{R} be the real numbers, let f:U→Rf:U\to\mathbb{R} be of class C2C^2 on UU, and let x∈Ux\in U. Then the following hold.

1. (Equality of mixed partial derivatives) For all i,j∈{1,…,n}i,j\in\{1,\dots,n\},

∂2f∂xi ∂xj(x)=∂2f∂xj ∂xi(x),\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_i\,\partial x_j}(x)=\frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_j\,\partial x_i}(x),

with the second-order partial derivative notation of Hessian Matrix of a C^2 Function, that is, the iterated partial derivative of clause 4 of C^k Maps on a Euclidean Open Set.

2. (Symmetry of the Hessian) The Hessian matrix D2f(x)D^2f(x) belongs to S(n)\mathcal{S}(n), the set of symmetric real n×nn\times n matrices.

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