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Weierstrass function

Karl Weierstrass, 1872

The first published function that is continuous but has no slope at any point. It sums cosine waves whose frequency multiplies by b while their height shrinks by a. Here each wave drifts at its own pace, so the jagged line ripples.

W(x) = Σ aⁿ cos(bⁿ π x)

Courbe de Weierstrass: mathcurve lists it without an entry, so the link goes to Wikipédia

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