A set C admits short positive line segments from x in every direction.
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Definition 2.54: A is the Gâteaux derivative of T at x within C if every direction
from x stays in C along some short positive segment and the restriction of T to each affine
line through x has the one-sided derivative A y at 0.
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T has Gâteaux derivative A at x if it has this derivative within the whole space.
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T is Gâteaux differentiable within C at x if it admits some Gâteaux derivative there.
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T is Gâteaux differentiable at x if it is Gâteaux differentiable within the whole space.
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T is Gâteaux differentiable on C if it is Gâteaux differentiable at every point of C.
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A derivative field DT on C assigns to each point of C a Gâteaux derivative of T.
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Definition 2.54: relative to a first-derivative field DT, A₂ is a second Gâteaux
derivative of T at x within C if DT x is a Gâteaux derivative of T at x within C
and the operator field DT has Gâteaux derivative A₂ there.
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A neighborhood of x contains a short positive line segment from x in every direction.
Helper for Definition 2.54: the whole space admits radial segments at every point.
A Fréchet derivative within a neighborhood gives the corresponding Gâteaux derivative.
A Fréchet derivative gives the corresponding Gâteaux derivative in the whole space.
In the whole space, a Gâteaux derivative yields the corresponding line derivative in every direction.
A Gâteaux derivative within C yields the corresponding two-sided line derivative.
Whole-space Gâteaux differentiability is exactly the existence of the corresponding line derivative in every direction.
Definition 2.54 in textbook form: the one-sided line-derivative formulation is equivalent to
the convergence of directional difference quotients to A y as the scalar tends to 0 from the
right.
A Gâteaux derivative provides the textbook directional-difference-quotient limit.
Definition 2.54 in second-order form: the operator-valued line-derivative formulation for
DT is equivalent to the convergence of operator directional difference quotients to A₂ y as
the scalar tends to 0 from the right, together with the local first-derivative condition
DT x = T'(x).
A second Gâteaux derivative at x provides the corresponding first Gâteaux derivative there.
A second Gâteaux derivative at x differentiates the derivative field DT at x.
A second Gâteaux derivative gives the textbook operator directional-difference-quotient limit
for the derivative field DT.
In the whole space, Definition 2.54 reduces to the directional-difference-quotient limit.
A Gâteaux derivative in the whole space provides the textbook directional-difference-quotient limit.
A Gâteaux derivative at x forces the directional segment condition at x.
T is Gâteaux differentiable within C at x exactly when it admits some Gâteaux derivative
there.
T is Gâteaux differentiable at x exactly when it admits some Gâteaux derivative there.