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Minkowski's Question-Mark Function

Number Theory

Minkowski's question-mark function, denoted ?(x), maps the rational numbers to the dyadic rationals and irrational quadratic numbers to non-dyadic irrationals, built from the continued-fraction expansion of its argument. It is a continuous, strictly increasing, singular function, meaning its derivative is zero almost everywhere even though the function itself increases across its whole domain. The function provides a bridge between the Stern-Brocot tree's ordering of the rational numbers by continued fractions and the ordinary binary ordering of the real numbers on the unit interval. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Object Kind
Function 1
Origin Year
1904 1
defined by Hermann Minkowski in 1904
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Functions, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the object-kind enum value this mathematical object already carries, resolved to a mathematics concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The object-kind fact itself stays on the object unchanged.

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1. Minkowski's Question-Mark Function (Wikipedia)
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