Box dimension of the graphs of the generalized Weierstrass-type functions

TL;DR

This paper determines the box dimension of graphs of generalized Weierstrass-type functions, showing it equals 3 plus twice the logarithm of the contraction factor, under specific conditions on the function and parameters.

Contribution

It provides a precise formula for the box dimension of a broad class of fractal functions, extending previous results to more general Lipschitz periodic functions.

Findings

Box dimension equals 3 + 2 log_b λ for the specified functions.

The result applies to functions with non-connected images.

The dimension formula depends on the parameters b and λ.

Abstract

For a Lipschitz $\mathbb{Z}-$periodic function $\phi:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}^2$ satisfied that $\mathbb{R}^2\setminus\{\phi(x):x\in\mathbb{R}\}$ is not connected, an integer $b\ge 2$ and $\lambda\in (c/{b^{\frac12}},1)$, we prove the following for the generalized Weierstrass-type function $W(x)=\sum\limits_{n=0}^{\infty}{{\lambda}^n\phi(b^nx)}$: the box dimension of its graph is equal to $3+2\log_b\lambda$, where $c$ is a constant depending on $\phi$.