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The Derivative of a Vector-Valued Function as a Limit of Difference Quotients in Norm

A vector-valued function on an interval is differentiable at a point with a given derivative exactly when its difference quotients converge to that vector in the Euclidean norm.

Statement

In the setting of Multivariable Calculus: Notation, let q∈Nq\in\mathbb{N}, let II be an interval containing two distinct points, as in Single-Variable Calculus on an Interval (ii), let γ:I→Rq\gamma:I\to\mathbb{R}^{q}, let t∈It\in I and let c∈Rqc\in\mathbb{R}^{q}.

Difference quotients in norm. γ\gamma is differentiable at tt with γ′(t)=c\gamma'(t)=c if and only if for every real ε>0\varepsilon>0 there is a real δ>0\delta>0 such that every s∈Is\in I with 0<∣s−t∣<δ0<|s-t|<\delta satisfies

∥γ(s)−γ(t)s−t−c∥<ε.\Bigl\lVert\frac{\gamma(s)-\gamma(t)}{s-t}-c\Bigr\rVert<\varepsilon .

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