(a) How are the directional derivative and the gradient of afunction related?(b) Under

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(a) How are the directional derivative and the gradient of a function related?

(b) Under what conditions is the directional derivative of a differentiable function \(0\)?

(c) In what direction does the directional derivative of a differentiable function have its maximum value? Its minimum value?

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QUESTION:

(a) How are the directional derivative and the gradient of a function related?

(b) Under what conditions is the directional derivative of a differentiable function \(0\)?

(c) In what direction does the directional derivative of a differentiable function have its maximum value? Its minimum value?

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The directional derivative of a function in the direction of a unit vector at the point  is defined by .

It is related to the gradient of the function by

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