Past exam of the year 1 of the computer science course of the University of Oxford / 2015 / Discrete mathematics, continuous mathematics, and probability / 4 / a

Assume the homogeneous function is differentiable. Applying the multivariable chain rule to $f(tx,ty)=t^{m}f(x,y)$ gives, for $t$ near $1$,Setting $t=1$ proves Euler theorem for homogeneous functions:Only positive $t$ near $1$ are needed, so the derivation remains valid even when a noninteger $m$ makes the printed phrase “all real $t$” require qualification.