A generalization of the Takagi function for beta-expansions

Abstract

We consider a generalized Takagi function for beta-expansions with the base $1<{\hat{I}}^2\le 2$, motivated by multifractal analysis for digit frequency sets of beta-expansions [20]. We show that it is pointwise $\hat{I}\pm$-Hölder continuous for any $\hat{I}\pm \in (0,1)$ but not pointwise Lipschitz continuous on the unit interval except a Lebesgue null set. Our proof relies on a formula for the generalized Takagi function reflecting its oscillations of the sum of digits and some basic limit theorems for the corresponding beta-map.

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