Quadratic variation obstruction to Hölder regularity

ID: quadratic-variation-obstruction-to-holder-regularity

A function with finite Hölder seminorm of exponent has squared-increment sum on a uniform -interval partition bounded by , hence tending to zero. This conflicts with a nonzero quadratic-variation limit. In particular dyadic quadratic variation of Brownian motion prevents a Brownian coordinate law supported on such a Hölder space. This argument alone gives no conclusion at the critical exponent .

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