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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 $+\infty$. It is…
The Minkowski Question Mark function relates the continued-fraction representation of the real numbers, to their binary expansion. This function is peculiar in many ways; one is that its derivative is 'singular'. One can show by classical…
For the Minkowski question mark function $?(x)$ we consider derivative of the function $f_n(x) = \underbrace{?(?(...?}_\text{n times}(x)))$. Apart from obvious cases (rational numbers for example) it is non-trivial to find explicit examples…
We prove new results on the derivative of the Minkowski question mark function. Some of our theorems are non-improvable.
We introduce the concept of Minkowski normality, a different type of normality for the regular continued fraction expansion. We use the ordering \[ \frac{1}{2},\quad \frac{1}{3}, \frac{2}{3},\quad \frac{1}{4}, \frac{3}{4},\frac{2}{5},…
We show that for any $k$-times continuously differentiable function $f:[a,\infty)\longrightarrow{\mathbb R}$, any integer $q\ge 0$ and any $\alpha>1$ the inequality $$\liminf_{x\to\infty} \frac{x^k \cdot\log x\cdot \log_2 x\cdot\dots\cdot…
Two generalizations of the Minkowski ?(x) function are given. As ?(x) maps quadratic irrationals to rational numbers, it is shown that both generalizations send natural classes of pairs of cubic irrational numbers in the same cubic number…
We study analogues of Minkowski's question mark function $?(x)$ related to continued fractions with even or odd partial quotients. We prove that these functions are H\"older continuous with precise exponents, and that they linearize the…
A one-to-one continuous function from a triangle to itself is defined that has both interesting number theoretic and analytic properties. This function is shown to be a natural generalization of the classical Minkowski ?(x) function. It is…
Here is one of the results of this paper (with the convention ${{1}\over {0}}=+\infty$): Let $X$ be a real Hilbert space and let $J:X\to {\bf R}$ be a $C^1$ functional, with compact derivative, such that $$\alpha^*:=\max\left…
For an irrational real $\alpha$ and $\gamma\not \in \mathbb Z + \mathbb Z\alpha$ it is well known that $$ \liminf_{|n|\rightarrow \infty} |n| ||n\alpha -\gamma || \leq \frac{1}{4}. $$ If the partial quotients, $a_i,$ in the negative…
Let $[a_1(x), a_2(x), \ldots, a_n(x), \ldots]$ be the continued fraction expansion of an irrational number $x\in (0,1)$. We study the growth rate of the maximal product of consecutive partial quotients among the first $n$ terms, defined by…
We consider irrational fixed points of the Minkowski question mark function $? (x)$, that is irrational solutions of the equation $? (x)=x$. It is easy to see that there exist at least two such points. Although it is not known if there are…
An alternative characterization of Minkowski--Lyapunov functions is derived. The derived characterization enables a computationally efficient utilization of Minkowski--Lyapunov functions in arbitrary finite dimensions. Due to intrinsic…
The main result of the present paper is about the solutions of the functional equation \Eq{*}{ F\Big(\frac{x+y}2\Big)+f_1(x)+f_2(y)=G(g_1(x)+g_2(y)),\qquad x,y\in I, } derived originally, in a natural way, from the invariance problem of…
We establish the H\"older continuity of bounded nonnegative weak solutions to \begin{align*} \big(\Phi^{-1}(w)\big)_t=\Delta w+\nabla\cdot\big(a(x,t)\Phi^{-1}(w)\big)+b\big(x,t,\Phi^{-1}(w)\big), \end{align*} with convex $\Phi\in…
In this paper we extend the Dirichlet integral formula of Lobachevsky. Let $f(x)$ be a continuous function and satisfy in the $\pi$-periodic assumption $f(x+\pi)=f(x)$, and $f(\pi-x)=f(x)$, $0\leq x<\infty $. If the integral $\int_0^\infty…
First derivatives with respect to the parameters of the Whittaker function $\mathrm{W}_{\kappa ,\mu }\left( x\right) $ are calculated. Using the confluent hypergeometric function, these derivarives can be expressed as infinite sums of…
Necessary and sufficient conditions on the system of positive numbers $ M_{k_1}, M_{k_2}, M_{k_3}, M_{k_4}$, $0= k_1<k_2<k_3=r-2$, $k_4 = r$, which guarantee the existence of a function $x\in L_{\infty,\infty}^r(R)$, such that…
Minkowski's question mark function is the distribution function of a singular continuous measure: we study this measure from the point of view of logarithmic potential theory and orthogonal polynomials. We conjecture that it is regular, in…