Points of differentiability of the functions $f_n(x)=|x-|x-|x-|x-.......|x-1|||||$, and their convergence

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Consider the functions $(f_n(x))$ defined recursively by $$f_0(x)=|x-1|$$ $$f_{n+1}(x)=|x-f_n(x)|$$ Then determine the points on $\mathbb{R}$ where the function $f_n(x)$ is differentiable.

Further suppose $$S=\{a \in \mathbb{R} : (f_n(a)) \text{ converges in } \mathbb{R} \}$$

Then to what function does the sequence of functions $(f_n(x))$ converge pointwise on $S$?

My Attempt I was able to find $f_1(x)$ easily. However the analysis becomes complicated for me for higher $n$'s. I feel that induction will help, but I cannot proceed further.