I've just started studying multi-variable calculus and I found myself mumbling a lot over the definition of differentiability. Here's the one I'm using. A function if differentiable if
lim→x→→x0f(→x)−f(→x0)−∇f⋅(→x−→x0)‖→x−→x0‖=0
Now, I recall that the gradient gives the direction of maximum increase of the function, and I understand that the term with the gradient gives, in fact, the component of the gradient in the direction of the vector →x−→x0. What I do not understand is why, rearranging the limit, the limit for →x→→x0 of lim→x→→x0f(→x)−f(→x0)‖→x−→x0‖
has to be precisely
∇f⋅(→x−→x0)‖→x−→x0‖
Thank you in advance for your time.
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