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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 2017 Volume 458, Pages 13–16 (Mi znsl6450)

Alternating sums of elements of continued fractions and the Minkowski question mark function

E. P. Golubeva

St. Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, St. Petersburg, Russia

Abstract: We consider a function $A(t)$ $(0\leq t\leq1)$ related to the Minkowski function $?(t)$. $A(t)$ has properties akin to those of $?(t)$ (in particular it satisfies similar functional equations, is continuous and $A'(t)=0$ almost everywhere with respect to Lebesgue measure). But unlike $?(t)$, the function $A(t)$ is not increasing. In reality it is not monotonic on any subinterval of $[0,1]$.

Key words and phrases: continued fractions, Minkowskii's function.

UDC: 519

Received: 04.09.2017


 English version:
Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 2018, 234:5, 595–597


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