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How to change the proof 2 into a proof of higher dimensions or can you give a proof of Fermat's theorem of higher dimensions?
To clarify, I need to prove this:
Letand
be a continuous function. Prove that if
is a local maximum point for
, then either
with
or
Df(x) is, for each x, a vector (or can be represented by such a vector, depending upon exactly how you are defining Df(x)) pointing in the direction of fastest increase. Show that if f is differentiable at a and Df(a) is not 0 then moving a short distance in the direction of Df(a) will give a higher value of f and in the opposite direction will give a lower value. You can use the mean value theorem for that.
