Question: This exercise shows that there exists a function that is not differentiable at (0, 0) even though all directional derivatives at (0, 0) exist. Define

This exercise shows that there exists a function that is not differentiable at (0, 0) even though all directional derivatives at (0, 0) exist. Define ƒ(x, y) = x2y/(x2 + y2) for (x, y) ≠ 0 and ƒ(0, 0) = 0.
(a) Use the limit definition to show that Dƒ(0, 0) exists for all vectors v. Show that ƒx(0, 0) = ƒy(0, 0) = 0.
(b) Prove that ƒ is not differentiable at (0, 0) by showing that Eq. (7) does not hold.

f(x, y) lim (x,y) (0,0) x + y =0

lim (x,y)(0,0) f(x, y) x + y =0

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