A map is differentiable at when there is a linear map such that
The linear map is the Frechet derivative of at .
The multivariable chain rule states that if is differentiable at and is differentiable at , then
Indeed, write and , where and . Since ,
and the last two terms are . This proves the formula.
For matrix inversion near the identity matrix,
The last term is because inversion is bounded near . Therefore the inversion map is differentiable at and
Inner-product preservation between programs for and gives
for all . If , this identity forces every matrix element of to be the same scalar multiple of the corresponding identity matrix element. Hence , contrary to physical distinctness. Therefore