Is there any other function similiar to Weierstrass function, that is continuous at every point but non-differentiable at any point on a compact?

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I’m studying functional series and right now we’re dealing with Weierstrass function. I was wondering if it’s the only known function with this property?

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Further to Henrik Schumacher's comment, here is a list of textbooks that apply the Baire Category Theorem to prove that "most" continuous functions on a compact interval of $\mathbb{R}$ are nowhere differentiable. (I've made this post Community Wiki, in case anyone wants to add more references.)

  • Stephen Abbott, Understanding Analysis (2nd ed. 2015), Theorem 8.2.12.

  • G. Bachman & L. Narici, Functional Analysis (1966, repr. Dover 2000), section 6.3.

  • Douglas S. Bridges, Foundations of Real and Abstract Analysis (1998), section 6.3. [sic]

  • N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis (2000), pp.184-187.

  • John DePree & Charles Swartz, Introduction to Real Analysis (1988), pp.293-295.

  • J. Dieudonné, Treatise on Analysis, vol. II (1969, 1970), section 12.16, problem 17.

  • James Dugundji, Topology (1966), p.300f.

  • Steven A. Gaal, Point Set Topology (1964, 1966, repr. Dover 2009), p.288f.

  • T. W. Gamelin & R. E. Greene, Introduction to Topology (2nd ed. Dover 1999), Exercise 1.6.11.

  • D. J. H. Garling, A Course in Mathematical Analysis, vol. II (2013), Exercise 14.7.3.

  • Marek Jarnicki and Peter Pflug, Continuous Nowhere Differentiable Functions (2015), chapter 7.

  • James R. Munkres, Topology (2nd ed. 2000), section 49.

  • John C. Oxtoby, Measure and Category (2nd ed. 1980), chapter 11.

  • Charles C. Pugh, Real Mathematical Analysis (1st ed. 2002, 2003), section 4.7.

  • Stephen Willard, General Topology (1970, repr. Dover 2004), Theorem 25.5.