The fractional derivatives of a fractal function (Q2508593)

The paper investigates the properties of Weyl-Marchaud fractional derivatives \[ D^vf(x) =\frac{v}{\Gamma(1-v)}\int_0^\infty \frac{f(x)-f(x-y)}{y^{1+v}}\, dy \] of a Weierstrass function \(W(t)=\sum_{j\geq 0}\lambda^{-\alpha j} \sin(\lambda^j t)\), \(0<\alpha<1\), \(\lambda>1\). Let \(I=[0,1]\), and denote by \(\Gamma(f,I)\) the graph of \(f\) on \(I\). The main results of the paper are: 1) For \(0<v<\alpha <1\), \(\lambda>1\), \(I=[0,1]\), the graph dimension of the Weyl-Marchaud fractional derivative \(g\) of a Weierstrass function satisfies \(\dim_B\Gamma(g,I)\leq 2-\alpha+v\), where \(v\) is the order of the derivative, \(\dim_B\) is the box dimension. 2) For \(0<v<\alpha <1\), \(\lambda\geq \lambda_0\) (calculated in the paper), \(I=[0,1]\), \(\dim_K \Gamma(g,I)= \dim_B\Gamma(g,I)= 2-\alpha+v\), where \(\dim_K\) is the \(K\)-dimension, see \textit{T. Y. Hu} and \textit{K. S. Lau} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 335, No. 2, 649--665 (1993; Zbl 0767.28005)].