On a flexible class of continuous functions with uniform local structure

This paper considers a class of continuous functions constructed as a series of iterates of the “tent map” multiplied by variable signs. This class includes Takagi’s nowhere-differentiable function, and contains the functions studied by Hata and Yamaguti [Japan J. Appl. Math., 1 (1984), 183-199] and Kono [Acta Math. Hungar. 49 (1987), 315324] as a proper subclass. A complete description is given of the differentiability properties of the functions in this class, and several statements are proved concerning their uniform and local moduli of continuity. The results are applied to generation of random functions. AMS 2000 subject classification: 26A27 (primary); 26A15, 26A30, 60G50 (secondary)