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A necessary and sufficient condition for a space curve to lie on a ellipsoid
Any (arc-length parametrized) space curve is uniquely determined (up to rigid motion) by its curvature and its torsion.
For instance we know that a necessary and sufficient condition for a space ...
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A tricky tractrix question about vertical tangents
This is raised by a recent question occurring in combinatorial geometry.
It is about a sort of tractrix, but instead of a line, the pulling end moves along a circle of radius $r>\frac12$ (...
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Lipschitz boundary vs rectifiable curve boundary
I was looking at an old paper about domains with Lipschitz boundary. I am wondering, suppose that the boundary of a compact domain homeomorphic to a disk is a rectifiable injective curve : is this ...