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    Weierstrass-Mandelbrot Function

    Illustration

    Illustration

    Definition

    The pathological function f_a(x) = sum_(k = 1)^∞ (sin(π k^a x))/(π k^a) (originally defined for a = 2) that is continuous but differentiable only on a set of points of measure zero. The plots above show f_a(x) for a = 2 (red), 3 (green), and 4 (blue).

    Associated person

    Karl Weierstrass

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