The gerund in this sentence is "learning". A gerund is a verb form which is acting as a noun, in this case after the preposition "in".
See the flying of the teacher,
I think she's angry at the kids on the bleachers.
Answer:the total number of products available
Explanation:
All of these could be considered an "author's purpose". An author is technically anyone who writes anything, therefore the purpose of writing is theoretically limitless. If you have to choose one of these, however, it would be "to remind".