Definition:Continuously Differentiable

Definition

A differentiable function $f$ is continuously differentiable if and only if $f$ is of differentiability class $C^1$.

That is, if the first order derivative of $f$ (and possibly higher) is continuous.

Real Function

Let $I\subset\R$ be an open interval.

Then $f$ is continuously differentiable on $I$ if and only if $f$ is differentiable on $I$ and its derivative is continuous on $I$.

Real-Valued Function

Let $U$ be an open subset of $\R^n$.

Let $f: U \to \R$ be a real-valued function.

Then $f$ is continuously differentiable in the open set $U$ if and only if:

$(1): \quad f$ is differentiable in $U$.

$(2): \quad$ the partial derivatives of $f$ are continuous in $U$.

Vector-Valued Function

Let $U \subset \R^n$ be an open set.

Let $f: U \to \R^m$ be a vector-valued function.

Then $f$ is continuously differentiable in $U$ if and only if $f$ is differentiable in $U$ and its partial derivatives are continuous in $U$.

Also see

• Definition:Differentiability Class
• Definition:Smooth Function

Sources

• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): continuously differentiable