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We review some results concerning multifractal functions and emphasize the limitations of these results and the open problems that are related.
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Jaffard, S. (1997). Some open problems about multifractal functions. In: Lévy Véhel, J., Lutton, E., Tricot, C. (eds) Fractals in Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0995-2_1
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