Van der Waerden function

The van der Waerden function $V \colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is defined by the formula $$V(x)=\displaystyle\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{\mathrm{dist}_{\mathbb{Z}} \left(10^k x \right)}{10^k},$$ where $\mathrm{dist}_{\mathbb{Z}}$ denotes the distance to integers function.

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  Plot of the van der Waerden function.

Properties

van der Waerden function is continuous
van der Waerden function is nowhere differentiable

See Also

Takagi function

References

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Continuous nowhere differentiable functions

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Darboux function

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Faber F2

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Takagi

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van der Waerden