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+Copyright (c) 2022 Yury Kudryashov. All rights reserved.
+Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
+Authors: Yury Kudryashov
+-/
+import analysis.calculus.deriv
+import linear_algebra.affine_space.slope
+
+/-!
+# Slope of a differentiable function
+
+Given a function `f : 𝕜 → E` from a nondiscrete normed field to a normed space over this field,
+`dslope f a b` is defined as `slope f a b = (b - a)⁻¹ • (f b - f a)` for `a ≠ b` and as `deriv f a`
+for `a = b`.
+
+In this file we define `dslope` and prove some basic lemmas about its continuity and
+differentiability.
+-/
+
+open_locale classical topological_space filter
+open function set filter
+
+variables {𝕜 E : Type*} [nondiscrete_normed_field 𝕜] [normed_group E] [normed_space 𝕜 E]
+
+/-- `dslope f a b` is defined as `slope f a b = (b - a)⁻¹ • (f b - f a)` for `a ≠ b` and
+`deriv f a` for `a = b`. -/
+noncomputable def dslope (f : 𝕜 → E) (a : 𝕜) : 𝕜 → E := update (slope f a) a (deriv f a)
+
+@[simp] lemma dslope_same (f : 𝕜 → E) (a : 𝕜) : dslope f a a = deriv f a := update_same _ _ _
+
+variables {f : 𝕜 → E} {a b : 𝕜} {s : set 𝕜}
+
+lemma dslope_of_ne (f : 𝕜 → E) (h : b ≠ a) : dslope f a b = slope f a b :=
+update_noteq h _ _
+
+lemma eq_on_dslope_slope (f : 𝕜 → E) (a : 𝕜) : eq_on (dslope f a) (slope f a) {a}ᶜ :=
+λ b, dslope_of_ne f
+
+lemma dslope_eventually_eq_slope_of_ne (f : 𝕜 → E) (h : b ≠ a) : dslope f a =ᶠ[𝓝 b] slope f a :=
+(eq_on_dslope_slope f a).eventually_eq_of_mem (is_open_ne.mem_nhds h)
+
+lemma dslope_eventually_eq_slope_punctured_nhds (f : 𝕜 → E) : dslope f a =ᶠ[𝓝[≠] a] slope f a :=
+(eq_on_dslope_slope f a).eventually_eq_of_mem self_mem_nhds_within
+
+@[simp] lemma sub_smul_dslope (f : 𝕜 → E) (a b : 𝕜) : (b - a) • dslope f a b = f b - f a :=
+by rcases eq_or_ne b a with rfl | hne; simp [dslope_of_ne, *]
+
+lemma dslope_sub_smul_of_ne (f : 𝕜 → E) (h : b ≠ a) : dslope (λ x, (x - a) • f x) a b = f b :=
+by rw [dslope_of_ne _ h, slope_sub_smul _ h.symm]
+
+lemma eq_on_dslope_sub_smul (f : 𝕜 → E) (a : 𝕜) : eq_on (dslope (λ x, (x - a) • f x) a) f {a}ᶜ :=
+λ b, dslope_sub_smul_of_ne f
+
+lemma dslope_sub_smul [decidable_eq 𝕜] (f : 𝕜 → E) (a : 𝕜) :
+  dslope (λ x, (x - a) • f x) a = update f a (deriv (λ x, (x - a) • f x) a) :=
+eq_update_iff.2 ⟨dslope_same _ _, eq_on_dslope_sub_smul f a⟩
+
+@[simp] lemma continuous_at_dslope_same : continuous_at (dslope f a) a ↔ differentiable_at 𝕜 f a :=
+by simp only [dslope, continuous_at_update_same, ← has_deriv_at_deriv_iff,
+  has_deriv_at_iff_tendsto_slope]
+
+lemma continuous_within_at.of_dslope (h : continuous_within_at (dslope f a) s b) :
+  continuous_within_at f s b :=
+have continuous_within_at (λ x, (x - a) • dslope f a x + f a) s b,
+  from ((continuous_within_at_id.sub continuous_within_at_const).smul h).add
+    continuous_within_at_const,
+by simpa only [sub_smul_dslope, sub_add_cancel] using this
+
+lemma continuous_at.of_dslope (h : continuous_at (dslope f a) b) : continuous_at f b :=
+(continuous_within_at_univ _ _).1 h.continuous_within_at.of_dslope
+
+lemma continuous_on.of_dslope (h : continuous_on (dslope f a) s) : continuous_on f s :=
+λ x hx, (h x hx).of_dslope
+
+lemma continuous_within_at_dslope_of_ne (h : b ≠ a) :
+  continuous_within_at (dslope f a) s b ↔ continuous_within_at f s b :=
+begin
+  refine ⟨continuous_within_at.of_dslope, λ hc, _⟩,
+  simp only [dslope, continuous_within_at_update_of_ne h],
+  exact ((continuous_within_at_id.sub continuous_within_at_const).inv₀
+      (sub_ne_zero.2 h)).smul (hc.sub continuous_within_at_const)
+end
+
+lemma continuous_at_dslope_of_ne (h : b ≠ a) : continuous_at (dslope f a) b ↔ continuous_at f b :=
+by simp only [← continuous_within_at_univ, continuous_within_at_dslope_of_ne h]
+
+lemma continuous_on_dslope (h : s ∈ 𝓝 a) :
+  continuous_on (dslope f a) s ↔ continuous_on f s ∧ differentiable_at 𝕜 f a :=
+begin
+  refine ⟨λ hc, ⟨hc.of_dslope, continuous_at_dslope_same.1 $ hc.continuous_at h⟩, _⟩,
+  rintro ⟨hc, hd⟩ x hx,
+  rcases eq_or_ne x a with rfl | hne,
+  exacts [(continuous_at_dslope_same.2 hd).continuous_within_at,
+    (continuous_within_at_dslope_of_ne hne).2 (hc x hx)]
+end
+
+lemma differentiable_within_at.of_dslope (h : differentiable_within_at 𝕜 (dslope f a) s b) :
+  differentiable_within_at 𝕜 f s b :=
+by simpa only [id, sub_smul_dslope f a, sub_add_cancel]
+  using ((differentiable_within_at_id.sub_const a).smul h).add_const (f a)
+
+lemma differentiable_at.of_dslope (h : differentiable_at 𝕜 (dslope f a) b) :
+  differentiable_at 𝕜 f b :=
+differentiable_within_at_univ.1 h.differentiable_within_at.of_dslope
+
+lemma differentiable_on.of_dslope (h : differentiable_on 𝕜 (dslope f a) s) :
+  differentiable_on 𝕜 f s :=
+λ x hx, (h x hx).of_dslope
+
+lemma differentiable_within_at_dslope_of_ne (h : b ≠ a) :
+  differentiable_within_at 𝕜 (dslope f a) s b ↔ differentiable_within_at 𝕜 f s b :=
+begin
+  refine ⟨differentiable_within_at.of_dslope, λ hd, _⟩,
+  refine (((differentiable_within_at_id.sub_const a).inv
+    (sub_ne_zero.2 h)).smul (hd.sub_const (f a))).congr_of_eventually_eq _ (dslope_of_ne _ h),
+  refine (eq_on_dslope_slope _ _).eventually_eq_of_mem _,
+  exact mem_nhds_within_of_mem_nhds (is_open_ne.mem_nhds h)
+end
+
+lemma differentiable_on_dslope_of_nmem (h : a ∉ s) :
+  differentiable_on 𝕜 (dslope f a) s ↔ differentiable_on 𝕜 f s :=
+forall_congr $ λ x, forall_congr $ λ hx, differentiable_within_at_dslope_of_ne $
+  ne_of_mem_of_not_mem hx h
+
+lemma differentiable_at_dslope_of_ne (h : b ≠ a) :
+  differentiable_at 𝕜 (dslope f a) b ↔ differentiable_at 𝕜 f b :=
+by simp only [← differentiable_within_at_univ,
+  differentiable_within_at_dslope_of_ne h]