On the derivative of the Minkowski question-mark function

Abstract: The Minkowski question-mark function

? (x)

is a continuous strictly increasing function defined on

[0, 1]

interval. It is well known fact that the derivative of this function, if exists, can take only two values:

0

and

+ i n f t y

. It is also known that the value of the derivative

?^{'} (x)

at the point

x = [0; a_{1}, a_{2}, l d o t s, a_{t}, l d o t s]

is connected with the limit behavior of the arithmetic mean

(a_{1} + a_{2} + l d o t s + a_{t}) / t

. Particularly, N. Moshchevitin and A. Dushistova showed that if

a_{1} + a_{2} + l d o t s + a_{t} < k a p p a_{1} t

, where

, then

?^{'} (x) = + i n f t y

. They also proved that the constant

k a p p a_{1}

is non-improvable. We consider a dual problem: how small can be the quantity

a_{1} + a_{2} + l d o t s + a_{t} - k a p p a_{1} t

if

?^{'} (x) = 0

? We obtain the non-improvable estimates of this quantity.

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