An inequality for sums of binary digits, with application to Takagi functions
Abstract
This paper considers a parametrized family of generalized Takagi functions fp with parameter p. Tabor and Tabor [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 356 (2009), 729-737] recently proved that for p in [1,2], fp is (1,p)-midconvex. We give a simpler proof of this result by developing an explicit expression for fp at dyadic rational points and showing that (1,p)-midconvexity of fp reduces to a simple inequality for weighted sums of binary digits.
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