We improve a theorem of P.G. Georgiev and N.P. Zlateva on G\^ateaux differentiability of Lipschitz functions in a Banach space which admits a Lipschitz uniformly G\^ateaux differentiable bump function. In particular, our result implies the following theorem: If $d$ is a distance function determined by a closed subset $A$ of a Banach space $X$ with a uniformly G\^ateaux differentiable norm, then the set of points of $X\setminus A$ at which $d$ is not G\^ateaux differentiable is not only a first category set, but it is even $\sigma$-porous in a rather strong sense.
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Zajíček, Luděk. On differentiability properties of Lipschitz functions on a Banach space with a Lipschitz uniformly Gâteaux differentiable bump function. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 329-336. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/118930/
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