From: Ron on
On Jun 1, 10:13 am, dushya <sehrawat.dushy...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 7:03 am, Ron <ron.sper...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 1, 9:32 am, dushya <sehrawat.dushy...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > suppose f:A->B ; g:A->C and h:C->B  be such that  f = hog
>
> > > by composite function theorem if h and g are differentiable then so is
> > > f but does differentiability of f and g imply differentiability of h ?
> > > or does differentiability of f and h imply differentiability of g ?
>
> > > please reply.
>
> > Hint: Consider constant functions.
>
> hey thanks :-) but suppose we have two more conditions g(A)=C, f(A)=B..

Okay. still false. (Consider f(x)=x,g(x)=x^(1/3),h(x)=x^3 or switch
g,h if desired)
From: Timothy Murphy on
dushya wrote:

>> > suppose f:A->B ; g:A->C and h:C->B be such that f = hog
>>
>> > by composite function theorem if h and g are differentiable then so is
>> > f but does differentiability of f and g imply differentiability of h ?
>> > or does differentiability of f and h imply differentiability of g ?
>>
>> > please reply.
>>
>> Hint: Consider constant functions.
>
> hey thanks :-) but suppose we have two more conditions g(A)=C, f(A)=B.

What if B consists of a single point?

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From: dushya on
On Jun 1, 7:25 am, Ron <ron.sper...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 1, 10:13 am, dushya <sehrawat.dushy...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 1, 7:03 am, Ron <ron.sper...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 1, 9:32 am, dushya <sehrawat.dushy...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > suppose f:A->B ; g:A->C and h:C->B  be such that  f = hog
>
> > > > by composite function theorem if h and g are differentiable then so is
> > > > f but does differentiability of f and g imply differentiability of h ?
> > > > or does differentiability of f and h imply differentiability of g ?
>
> > > > please reply.
>
> > > Hint: Consider constant functions.
>
> > hey thanks :-) but suppose we have two more conditions g(A)=C, f(A)=B.
>
> Okay. still false. (Consider f(x)=x,g(x)=x^(1/3),h(x)=x^3 or switch
> g,h if desired)

thank you Ron.