On the range of the derivative of a smooth function and applications.
We survey recent results on the structure of the range of the derivative of a smooth real valued function f defined on a real Banach space X and of a smooth mapping F between two real Banach spaces X and Y. We recall some necessary conditions and some sufficient conditions on a subset A of L(X,Y) for the existence of a Fréchet-differentiable mapping F from X into Y so that F'(X) = A. Whenever F is only assumed Gâteaux-differentiable, new phenomena appear: we discuss the existence of a mapping F...