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Strong derivative for constant euclidean real function
Formulation 0
Let $f : \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a D4363: Euclidean real function such that
(i) \begin{equation} \exists \, C \in \mathbb{R}^M : \forall \, x \in \mathbb{R}^N : f(x) = C \end{equation}
Let $L : \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a D4364: Real function such that
(i) \begin{equation} \forall \, x \in \mathbb{R}^N : L(x) = (0, 0, \ldots, 0) \end{equation}
Then $L$ is a D111: Euclidean real function derivative for $f$ on $\mathbb{R}^N$.
Subresults
R4902: Strong derivative for constant real function
Proofs
Proof 0
Let $f : \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a D4363: Euclidean real function such that
(i) \begin{equation} \exists \, C \in \mathbb{R}^M : \forall \, x \in \mathbb{R}^N : f(x) = C \end{equation}
Let $L : \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}^M$ be a D4364: Real function such that
(i) \begin{equation} \forall \, x \in \mathbb{R}^N : L(x) = (0, 0, \ldots, 0) \end{equation}
For brevity, denote $(0, 0, \ldots, 0) \in \mathbb{R}^M$ by $0$. Let $\varepsilon > 0$. If $x, x_0 \in \mathbb{R}^N$ such that $x \neq x_0$, then we have \begin{equation} \frac{|f(x) - f(x_0) - L(x - x_0)|}{|x - x_0|} = \frac{|C - C - 0|}{|x - x_0|} = 0 < \varepsilon \end{equation} Since $\varepsilon > 0$ was arbitrary, the claim follows. $\square$