Function is partial differentiable but has no total derivative

I have to give an example of a function $f \colon \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}$ that has partial derivatives $(\partial_1f)(0,0) = 1 = (\partial_2f)(0,0)$ but no total derivative in $(0,0)$.

I think that the function $$f \colon \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}, \quad f(x,y) = \begin{cases} \frac{xy}{x^2 + y^2} + x + y & \text{if (x,y) \neq (0,0)} \\ 0 & \text{if (x,y) = (0,0)} \end{cases}$$ is an example, I'm just not sure if my proof is correct.

We know that $f$ is total differentiable if $(x,y) \neq (0,0)$ because the partial derivatives exist and are continuous.

$f$ is also partial differentiable if $(x,y) = (0,0)$ because $f(x,0) = x$ and $f(0,y) = y$ and they are given by $(\partial_1 f)(x,0) = 1 = (\partial_2f)(0,y) = 1$.

To proof that $f$ is total differentiable in $(0,0)$ we now only have to proof that $$f(x,y) = (1,1) \begin{pmatrix} x \\ y \\ \end{pmatrix} + o(\| (x,y) \|) \qquad \text{when (x,y) \to (0,0)}$$ but this doesn't hold when $x=y=t$ and $t \to 0$ and so $f$ is not total differentiable when $(x,y) = (0,0)$.

Can someone confirm if this is correct?

• For me, it's correct. – paf Aug 26 '18 at 10:11
• I found no error. – José Carlos Santos Aug 26 '18 at 10:13