| − | Evidently by the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, the directional derivative is maximal in the direction of the gradient, and equal to <math>||\nabla f||</math> for <math>u</math> a unit vector in the direction of the gradient. | + | Evidently by the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality, the directional derivative in the direction <math>u</math> is maximal in the direction of the gradient, and equal to <math>||\nabla f||</math> for <math>u</math> a unit vector in the direction of the gradient. |