Constructing nowhere differentiable functions from convex functions. (Q595912): Difference between revisions

The author finds an easy way how to construct a continuous nowhere differentiable function from any nondecreasing convex function mapping the unit interval onto itself. The main result is the following. Theorem. Let \((a_n)\) be a sequence of nonnegative real numbers such that \(\sum_na_n<\infty\). Let \((b_n)\) be a strictly increasing sequence of integers such that \(b_n\) divides \(b_{n+1}\) for each \(n\), and the sequence \((a_nb_n)\) does not converge to \(0\). For each index \(j\geq 0\), let \(f_j\) be a continuous function mapping the real line onto the interval \([0,1]\) such that \(f_j=0\) at each even integer and \(f_j=1\) at each odd integer. For each integer \(k\) and each index \(j\), let \(f_j\) be convex on the interval \((2k,2k+2)\). Then the continuous function \(\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}a_jf_j(b_jx)\) has a finite left or right derivative at no point.