arXiv · 2511.02520
Weak derivatives and metric differentiability almost everywhere
Abstract
It is known that a Lipschitz continuous map from the Euclidean domain to a metric space is metrically differentiable almost everywhere. When the metric space is a Banach space dual to separable, the metric differential has its linear counterpart -- weak* differential. However, for an arbitrary metric or Banach space, a Lipschitz map is not necessarily weak* differentiable. This paper introduces an approach based on a concept of weak weak* derivatives. This framework yields a linear representation for the metric differential, allowing for its calculation as the norm of an associated linear operator.
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Nikita Evseev. 2025-11-04. Weak derivatives and metric differentiability almost everywhere. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02520
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