A generalization of the Takagi function for beta-expansions

Abstract

We consider a generalized Takagi function for beta-expansions with the base $1<\beta\leq2$, motivated by multifractal analysis for digit frequency sets of beta-expansions [20]. We show that it is pointwise $\alpha$-H\"older continuous for any $\alpha\in(0,1)$ but not pointwise Lipschitz continuous on the unit interval except a Lebesgue null set. Our proof relies on a formula for the generalized Takagi function reflecting its oscillations of the sum of digits and some basic limit theorems for the corresponding beta-map.