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We study the set f’(X) = f’(x): x ∈ X when f:X → ℝ is a differentiable bump. We first prove that for any C²-smooth bump f: ℝ² → ℝ the range of the derivative of f must be the closure of its interior. Next we show that if X is an infinite-dimensional separable Banach space with a $C^p$-smooth bump b:X → ℝ such that $\left|\right|b^{\left(p\right)}{\left|\right|}_{\infty }$ is finite, then any connected open subset of X* containing 0 is the range of the derivative of a $C^p$-smooth bump. We also study the finite-dimensional case which is quite different. Finally,...