Proof of sum rule of differentiation

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I'm trying to prove the sum rule of differentiation, but stuck on a particular step. Given a function $f(x) = u(x) + v(x)$, we try to differentiate $f$ using the definition of derivatives:

$$ \begin{align} \frac{df}{dx} &= \lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(x + h) - f(x)}{h}\\ &= \lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{u(x + h) + v(x + h) - u(x) - v(x)}{h}\\ &= \lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{u(x+h) -u(x) + v(x+h) - v(x)}{h}\\ &= \lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \Big(\frac{u(x+h) -u(x)}{h} + \frac{v(x+h) - v(x)}{h}\Big)\\ &= \lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{u(x+h) -u(x)}{h} + \lim_{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{v(x+h) - v(x)}{h}\\ \end{align} $$

This is where I'm stuck. I'm not sure how to justify this last move, the distribution of the limit operator over the sum.

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The sum rule for differentiation assumes first that both $u'(x)$ and $v'(x)$ exist, so the limits exist \begin{align*} \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\dfrac{v(x+h)-v(x)}{h}\\ \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\dfrac{u(x+h)-u(x)}{h}, \end{align*} now turns the basic rule for limits allows us to deduce the existence of \begin{align*} \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\left(\dfrac{v(x+h)-v(x)}{h}+\dfrac{u(x+h)-u(x)}{h}\right) \end{align*} which the value is \begin{align*} \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\dfrac{v(x+h)-v(x)}{h}+\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\dfrac{u(x+h)-u(x)}{h}. \end{align*}