ISSN:
1420-8903
Keywords:
Primary 26A27
;
Secondary 39B62
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Summary We consider systems of functional equations which make it possible to treat certain nowhere differentiable functions in a unified way. Givenb ∈ ℕ\{1}, the functional equations are of the following form: (F) $$f\left( {\frac{{x + v}}{b}} \right) = a_v f(x) + g_v (x)forv = 0, \ldots , b - 1,$$ with given constantsa v ∈ ℝ, |a v | 〈 1, given continuous functionsg v : [0, 1] → ℝ and solutionf:[0, 1] → ℝ. As shown elsewhere, it is possible to characterize nowhere differentiable functions as the only continuous solutions of certain systems of type (F). On the other hand, we show here that, if theg v are sufficiently differentiable and min{|a 0|,...,|a b−1|}⩾1/b, the continuous solution of (F) is either everywhere or nowhere differentiable. Moreover, we give conditions which allow to distinguish between these two possibilities. As an application, we treat several non-differentiable functions by this method.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01838143
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