/-- Assume that a function `f` has a derivative at every point of a set `s`. Then one may cover `s`
with countably many closed sets `t n` on which `f` is well approximated by linear maps `A n`. -/
theorem exists_closed_cover_approximatesLinearOn_of_hasFDerivWithinAt [SecondCountableTopology F]
    (f : E → F) (s : Set E) (f' : E → E →L[ℝ] F) (hf' : ∀ x ∈ s, HasFDerivWithinAt f (f' x) s x)
    (r : (E →L[ℝ] F) → ℝ≥0) (rpos : ∀ A, r A ≠ 0) :
    ∃ (t : ℕ → Set E) (A : ℕ → E →L[ℝ] F),
      (∀ n, IsClosed (t n)) ∧
        (s ⊆ ⋃ n, t n) ∧
          (∀ n, ApproximatesLinearOn f (A n) (s ∩ t n) (r (A n))) ∧
            (s.Nonempty → ∀ n, ∃ y ∈ s, A n = f' y) := by
  /- Choose countably many linear maps `f' z`. For every such map, if `f` has a derivative at `x`
    close enough to `f' z`, then `f y - f x` is well approximated by `f' z (y - x)` for `y` close
    enough to `x`, say on a ball of radius `r` (or even `u n` for some `n`, where `u` is a fixed
    sequence tending to `0`).
    Let `M n z` be the points where this happens. Then this set is relatively closed inside `s`,
    and moreover in every closed ball of radius `u n / 3` inside it the map is well approximated by
    `f' z`. Using countably many closed balls to split `M n z` into small diameter subsets
    `K n z p`, one obtains the desired sets `t q` after reindexing.
    -/
  -- exclude the trivial case where `s` is empty
  rcases eq_empty_or_nonempty s with (rfl | hs)
  · refine' ⟨fun _ => ∅, fun _ => 0, _, _, _, _⟩ <;> simp
  -- we will use countably many linear maps. Select these from all the derivatives since the
  -- space of linear maps is second-countable
  obtain ⟨T, T_count, hT⟩ :
    ∃ T : Set s,
      T.Countable ∧ ⋃ x ∈ T, ball (f' (x : E)) (r (f' x)) = ⋃ x : s, ball (f' x) (r (f' x)) :=
    TopologicalSpace.isOpen_iUnion_countable _ fun x => isOpen_ball
  -- fix a sequence `u` of positive reals tending to zero.
  obtain ⟨u, _, u_pos, u_lim⟩ :
    ∃ u : ℕ → ℝ, StrictAnti u ∧ (∀ n : ℕ, 0 < u n) ∧ Tendsto u atTop (𝓝 0) :=
    exists_seq_strictAnti_tendsto (0 : ℝ)
  -- `M n z` is the set of points `x` such that `f y - f x` is close to `f' z (y - x)` for `y`
  -- in the ball of radius `u n` around `x`.
  

Proof state:
case inr.intro.intro.intro.intro.intro
E : Type u_1
F : Type u_2
inst✝⁵ : NormedAddCommGroup E
inst✝⁴ : NormedSpace ℝ E
inst✝³ : FiniteDimensional ℝ E
inst✝² : NormedAddCommGroup F
inst✝¹ : NormedSpace ℝ F
s✝ : Set E
f✝ : E → E
f'✝ : E → E →L[ℝ] E
inst✝ : SecondCountableTopology F
f : E → F
s : Set E
f' : E → E →L[ℝ] F
hf' : ∀ x ∈ s, HasFDerivWithinAt f (f' x) s x
r : (E →L[ℝ] F) → ℝ≥0
rpos : ∀ (A : E →L[ℝ] F), r A ≠ 0
hs : Set.Nonempty s
T : Set ↑s
T_count : Set.Countable T
hT : ⋃ x ∈ T, ball (f' ↑x) ↑(r (f' ↑x)) = ⋃ x, ball (f' ↑x) ↑(r (f' ↑x))
u : ℕ → ℝ
left✝ : StrictAnti u
u_pos : ∀ (n : ℕ), 0 < u n
u_lim : Tendsto u atTop (𝓝 0)
⊢ ∃ t A,
    (∀ (n : ℕ), IsClosed (t n)) ∧
      s ⊆ ⋃ n, t n ∧
        (∀ (n : ℕ), ApproximatesLinearOn f (A n) (s ∩ t n) (r (A n))) ∧
          (Set.Nonempty s → ∀ (n : ℕ), ∃ y ∈ s, A n = f' y)

Next tactic:
let M : ℕ → T → Set E := fun n z =>
    {x | x ∈ s ∧ ∀ y ∈ s ∩ ball x (u n), ‖f y - f x - f' z (y - x)‖ ≤ r (f' z) * ‖y - x‖}