In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.
https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.06.566 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.120.06.566 Abstract We construct an example of a monotonic ...