%0 Journal Article
%T On the dimension of the graph of the classical Weierstrass function
%A Krzysztof Bara¨˝ski
%A Bal¨˘zs B¨˘r¨˘ny
%A Julia Romanowska
%J Mathematics
%D 2013
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/j.aim.2014.07.033
%X This paper examines dimension of the graph of the famous Weierstrass non-differentiable function \[ W_{\lambda, b} (x) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\lambda^n\cos(2\pi b^n x) \] for an integer $b \ge 2$ and $1/b < \lambda < 1$. We prove that for every $b$ there exists (explicitly given) $\lambda_b \in (1/b, 1)$ such that the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of $W_{\lambda, b}$ is equal to $D = 2+\frac{\log\lambda}{\log b}$ for every $\lambda\in(\lambda_b,1)$. We also show that the dimension is equal to $D$ for almost every $\lambda$ on some larger interval. This partially solves a well-known thirty-year-old conjecture. Furthermore, we prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the graph of the function \[ f (x) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\lambda^n\phi(b^n x) \] for an integer $b \ge 2$ and $1/b < \lambda < 1$ is equal to $D$ for a typical $\mathbb Z$-periodic $C^3$ function $\phi$.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.3759v5