Solution Tu's Manifolds Exer1 - 6
Solution Tu's Manifolds Exer1 - 6
Solution Tu's Manifolds Exer1 - 6
Exercise 1.6
Prove that if f : R2 R is C , then there exist C functions g11 , g12 , g22 on R2 such
that
f f
f (x, y) = f (0, 0) + (0, 0)x + (0, 0)y + x2 g11 (x, y) + xyg12 (x, y) + y 2 g22 (x, y).
x y
Solution.
Let f : R2 R be a smooth function. Clearly R2 is star-shaped, hence we can apply
Taylors Theorem with Remainder, so we see that are smooth function g1 (x, y) and g2 (x, y)
such that
f (x) = f (0, 0) + xg1 (x, y) + yg2 (x, y).
Since g1 (x, y) and g2 (x, y) are C functions, we can apply Taylors theorem with remainder
again, to get
Q.E.D.