Theorem 26.2.8 (Interchange of Limits and Derivatives).label Let $E$ be a TVS over $K \in \RC$, $F$ be a separated locally convex space over $K$, $\sigma \subset \mathfrak{B}(E)$ be a covering ideal, $U \subset E$ be open, and $n \in \natp$. Let $\fF \subset 2^{\tilde D_\sigma^n(U; F)}$ be a filter such that:

  1. (a)

    There exists $f: U \to F$ such that $\fF \to f$ pointwise.

  2. (b)

    For each $1 \le k \le n$, there exists $f^{(k)}: U \to B^{k}_{\sigma}(E; F)$ such that for all $x \in U$, and $A \in \sigma$ with $x + [0, 1]A \subset U$, $D_{\sigma}^{k}(\fF) \to f^{(k)}$ uniformly on $x + [0, 1]A$.

then $f \in \tilde D_{\sigma}^{n}(U; F)$ and $D^{k}_{\sigma} f = f^{(k)}$ for all $1 \le k \le n$. In particular, if $\sigma$ is saturated, then $(b)$ may be replaced by

  1. (b)

    For each $1 \le k \le n$, there exists $f^{(k)}: U \to B^{k}_{\sigma}(E; F)$ such that $D_{\sigma}^{k}(\fF) \to f^{(k)}$ uniformly on every $A \in \sigma$.

Proof. Assume without loss of generality that $n = 1$. For any $\varphi \in \tilde D^{1}_{\sigma}(U; F)$, $x \in U$, and $h \in E$ such that $x + h \in U$,

\begin{align*}f(x + h) - f(x) - f^{(1)}(x)h&= \underbrace{\varphi(x + h) - \varphi(x) - D_\sigma\varphi(x)h}_{\in \mathcal{R}_\sigma(E; F)}\\&+ (f - \varphi)(x + h) - (f - \varphi)(x) \\&+ (D_{\sigma}\varphi - f^{(1)})(x)h\end{align*}

Since $\fF \to f$ pointwise, for any $S \in \fF$,

\[(f - \varphi)(x + h) - (f - \varphi)(x) \in \overline{\bracs{(g - \varphi)(x + h) - (g - \varphi)(x)|g \in S}}\]

By the Mean Value Theorem, for any $g \in \tilde D^{1}_{\sigma}(U; F)$,

\[(g - \varphi)(x + h) - (g - \varphi)(x) \in \ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + th)h|t \in [0, 1]}\]

Hence

\[(f - \varphi)(x + h) - (f - \varphi)(x) \in \ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + th)h|g \in S, t \in [0, 1]}\]

so for any $t \in (0, 1)$ and $A \in \sigma$,

\begin{align*}&(f - \varphi)(x + tA) - (f - \varphi)(x) \\&\subset \ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + sth)th|g \in S, s \in [0, 1], h \in A}\\&= t\ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + sth)h|g \in S, s \in [0, 1], h \in A}\end{align*}

and

\begin{align*}&t^{-1}[(f - \varphi)(x + tA) - (f - \varphi)(x)] \\&\subset \ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + sth)h|g \in S, s \in [0, 1], h \in A}\\&\subset \ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + sh)h|g \in S, s \in [0, 1], h \in A}\end{align*}

In addition, since $D_{\sigma}(\fF) \to f^{(1)}$ pointwise,

\[t^{-1}(f^{(1)}- D_{\sigma}\varphi)(x)(tA) \subset \ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + sh)h|g \in S, s \in [0, 1], h \in A}\]

as well.

Now, let $V \in \cn_{F}(0)$ be convex and circled. Using assumption (b), let $S \in \fF$ such that for any $\varphi \in S$,

\[\ol{\conv}\bracs{D_\sigma(g - \varphi)(x + sh)h|g \in S, s \in [0, 1], h \in A}\subset V\]

Fix $\varphi \in S$, then as $\varphi$ is differentiable at $x$, there exists $\delta \in (0, 1)$ such that

\[t^{-1}[\varphi(x + tA) - \varphi(x) - D_{\sigma}\varphi(x)(tA)] \subset V\]

for all $t \in (0, \delta)$.

So

\[t^{-1}[f(x + tA) - f(x) - f^{(1)}(x)(tA)] \subset 3V\]

for all $t \in (0, \delta)$. Therefore $f$ is $\tilde \sigma$-differentiable at $x$ with $D_{\sigma} f(x) = f^{(1)}(x)$.$\square$