Practicing Success
Let $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be defined as $f(x)=\begin{cases} e^{-1/x^2}sin{1/x}& \text{if}{\hspace .2 cm} x\neq 0\\ 0 & \text{if}{\hspace .2 cm} x=0 \end{cases}$ Then |
$f'$ is continuous at x=0 $f'$ is not continuous at x=0 $f'(0)=1$ $f$ is not differentiable at 0 |
$f'$ is continuous at x=0 |
when $x \neq 0, f'(x)=e^{-1/x^2}cos1/x(-1/x^2)+2/x^3sin1/xe^{-1/x^2}$ and $f'(0)=\lim_{x \to 0}f(x)-f(0)/x-0=\lim_{x \to 0}e^{-1/x^2}sin1/x/x$. Now since $0\leq |e^{-1/x^2}sin1/x/x|\leq e^{-1/x^2}/x$ and $\lim_{x\to 0}e^{-1/x^2}/x=0$ we get $lim_{x \to 0}e^{-1/x^2}sin1/x/x=0$. So $f'(0)=0$. Hence $f(x)=\begin{cases} \frac{2sin1/x-xcos1/x}{x^3e^{1/x^2}}& \text{if}{\hspace .2 cm} x\neq 0 0 & \text{if}{\hspace .2 cm} x=0 \end{cases}$ Since $|2sin1/x-xcos1/x|\leq 2+|x|$ and $\lim_{x \to 0}\frac{2+|x|}{x^3e^{1/x^2}}=0$ we get that $\lim_{x \to 0}f'(x)=0=f'(0)$. So $f'$ is continuous at $x=0$. |