도함수의 뜻

The function is differentiable at $x=0$ if the following limit: $$\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{f(x)-f(0)}{x-0} = \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{f(x)-0}{x}=\lim_{x\to 0} \frac{f(x)}{x}$$ exists (note that we used the fact that $f(0)=0$ as per the definition of the first branch which includes the point $x=0$). We start by computing the left limit. For this computation, recall that if $x<0$ then $\sqrt{x^2}=|x|=-x$. $$\lim_{x\to 0^-}\frac{f(x)}{x}=\lim_{x\to 0^-}\frac{\sqrt{x^2+x^4}}{x}=\lim_{x\to 0^-} \frac{\sqrt{x^2}\sqrt{1+x^2}}{x}=\lim_{x \rightarrow 0}\frac{-x\sqrt{1+x^2}}{x}=-1$$ Now, from the right: $$\lim_{x\to 0^+}\frac{x\cos x}{x}=\lim_{x\to 0^+}\cos x = 1.$$ Since the limit from the left does not equal the limit from the right, the derivative does not exist at $x=0$.