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    Equality of mixed partial derivatives under continuity hypotheses

    P-UCLAB01F-05

    Area
    Prelim
    Seen at
    UCLA
    Years
    2001
    Status
    draft
    Contents

    Suppose \(f:\mathbb R^2\to\mathbb R\) is continuous, the first partial derivatives \[ \frac{\partial f}{\partial x},\qquad \frac{\partial f}{\partial y} \] exist everywhere and are continuous everywhere, and the mixed partials \[ \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}\right), \qquad \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}\right) \] also exist everywhere and are continuous everywhere. Prove that \[ \frac{\partial}{\partial x}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial y}\right) = \frac{\partial}{\partial y}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial x}\right) \] at every point of \(\mathbb R^2\).

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