Geometric partial differentiability on manifolds: The tangential derivative and the chain rule

Convent, Alexandra;Van Schaftingen, Jean
(2016) Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications — Vol. 435, n° 2, p. 1672-1681 (2016)

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We define the tangential derivative, a notion of directional derivative which is invariant under diffeomorphisms. In particular this derivative is invariant under changes of chart and is thus well-defined for functions defined on a differentiable manifold. This notion is weaker than the classical directional derivative in general and equivalent to the latter for Lipschitz continuous functions. We characterize also the pairs of tangentially differentiable functions for which the chain rule holds.
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Convent, A., & Van Schaftingen, J. (2016). Geometric partial differentiability on manifolds: The tangential derivative and the chain rule. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 435(2), 1672-1681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2015.11.036 (Original work published 2016)