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4053:. They are defined as
4014:, one simply talks of
3975:The points of a curve
3840:
3806:
3779:
3759:
3728:
3697:
3670:
3647:
3577:
3547:
3496:
3461:
3424:
3381:
3345:differentiable curves
3339:
3293:
3273:
3245:
3225:
3205:
3178:
3158:
3127:
3103:
3076:
3052:
3014:
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2478:
2374:
2334:
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2189:
2130:
2099:
1941:
1859:
1815:
1791:
1761:
1664:
1632:
1631:{\displaystyle y=f(x)}
1593:
1570:
1544:
1428:
1408:
1355:
1335:
1206:. For other uses, see
1184:
1140:
1093:
991:
959:
925:
895:
846:
791:
747:
699:
676:
658:or, more generally, a
646:
623:
603:
554:
525:can be specified by a
457:calculus of variations
420:
329:
265:
46:
32:Curve (disambiguation)
4322:List of curves topics
4097:plane algebraic curve
4089:complete intersection
4042:has a zero coordinate
4020:Fermat's Last Theorem
3940:with coefficients in
3841:
3839:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3807:
3805:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3780:
3760:
3758:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3729:
3698:
3671:
3648:
3578:
3576:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3548:
3497:
3462:
3460:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3425:
3382:
3340:
3338:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3294:
3274:
3246:
3226:
3206:
3204:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3179:
3159:
3157:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3128:
3104:
3102:{\displaystyle C^{k}}
3077:
3053:
3015:
2987:
2964:
2940:
2920:
2892:
2852:two-dimensional space
2836:Differential geometry
2827:
2734:
2592:
2590:{\displaystyle t\in }
2554:
2526:
2479:
2375:
2335:
2273:
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2100:
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1409:
1356:
1336:
1300:Further information:
1185:
1156:where every point of
1141:
1094:
1041:bigger than one (see
985:
973:real algebraic curves
960:
945:is a curve for which
926:
911:is a curve for which
896:
847:
792:
748:
700:
677:
647:
624:
604:
555:
477:differential calculus
442:transcendental curves
414:
367:conchoid of Nicomedes
319:
256:
179:. More generally, an
165:plane algebraic curve
119:differentiable curves
109:, and the curve is a
40:
4486:Robertson, Edmund F.
4022:may be restated as:
4010:is the field of the
3823:
3789:
3769:
3742:
3736:equivalence relation
3734:; and this makes an
3711:
3680:
3660:
3590:
3560:
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3168:
3141:
3117:
3086:
3066:
3030:
3004:
2976:
2953:
2929:
2909:
2903:differentiable curve
2881:
2749:
2604:
2563:
2543:
2533:Lipschitz-continuous
2491:
2387:
2344:
2286:
2238:
2199:
2140:
2112:
1872:
1825:
1805:
1781:
1677:
1642:
1607:
1583:
1560:
1441:
1418:
1365:
1345:
1310:
1208:Arc (disambiguation)
1168:
1118:
1071:
1065:differentiable curve
1059:Differentiable curve
1053:Differentiable curve
1012:connected components
1004:Jordan curve theorem
990:with a positive area
949:
915:
885:
818:
757:
719:
689:
666:
633:
613:
590:
532:
507:Jordan curve theorem
503:space-filling curves
438:polynomial equations
207:real algebraic curve
158:differentiable curve
146:space-filling curves
30:For other uses, see
4716:Mathematical curves
4710:Famous Curves Index
4664:"Rectifiable curve"
4484:O'Connor, John J.;
4055:algebraic varieties
3993:and can be denoted
2860:classical mechanics
2784:
2742:and then show that
2136:and all partitions
1777:More generally, if
1772:Pythagorean theorem
1700:
1495:
1160:has a neighborhood
1063:Roughly speaking a
1039:Hausdorff dimension
1031:space-filling curve
660:space-filling curve
527:continuous function
499:algebraic varieties
417:Folium of Descartes
346:Apollonius of Perga
102:continuous function
4564:Osgood, William F.
4337:Parametric surface
4317:Index of the curve
4093:elimination theory
3862:algebraic geometry
3836:
3802:
3775:
3755:
3738:on the set of all
3724:
3693:
3666:
3643:
3573:
3543:
3492:
3457:
3420:
3377:
3335:
3289:
3269:
3241:
3221:
3201:
3174:
3154:
3123:
3099:
3072:
3048:
3010:
2982:
2959:
2935:
2915:
2887:
2864:general relativity
2822:
2770:
2729:
2665:
2587:
2549:
2521:
2474:
2370:
2330:
2268:
2217:
2185:
2126:
2095:
1855:
1811:
1787:
1757:
1686:
1660:
1628:
1589:
1566:
1540:
1481:
1424:
1404:
1351:
1331:
1215:Euclidean geometry
1198:Differentiable arc
1180:
1136:
1089:
1002:in the plane. The
992:
955:
921:
891:
845:{\displaystyle I=}
842:
787:
746:{\displaystyle I=}
743:
695:
672:
642:
619:
599:
550:
421:
382:Archimedean spiral
352:cissoid of Diocles
330:
304:Incomposite lines
280:. Hence the terms
266:
225:, which, from the
139:implicit equations
115:topological curves
47:
5049:
5048:
4938:
4937:
4332:Osculating circle
4312:Gallery of curves
4297:Curve orientation
3817:equivalence class
3778:{\displaystyle X}
3705:reparametrization
3669:{\displaystyle t}
3299:is said to be an
3253:analytic manifold
3244:{\displaystyle X}
3224:{\displaystyle k}
3177:{\displaystyle X}
3126:{\displaystyle k}
3075:{\displaystyle X}
3013:{\displaystyle X}
2985:{\displaystyle X}
2962:{\displaystyle X}
2938:{\displaystyle X}
2918:{\displaystyle X}
2890:{\displaystyle X}
2808:
2727:
2650:
2649:
2644:
2642:
2630:
2537:metric derivative
2032:
2028:
2024:
2010:
2000:
1911:
1906:
1904:
1892:
1814:{\displaystyle d}
1790:{\displaystyle X}
1743:
1739:
1592:{\displaystyle s}
1526:
1480:
1475:
1473:
1461:
1354:{\displaystyle n}
1290:Length of a curve
958:{\displaystyle X}
924:{\displaystyle X}
573:topological space
523:topological curve
517:Topological curve
425:analytic geometry
390:square the circle
326:Greek mathematics
290:Euclid's Elements
185:algebraic variety
98:topological space
16:(Redirected from
5087:
5080:General topology
4875:
4874:
4854:Boerdijk–Coxeter
4831:
4830:
4770:
4763:
4756:
4747:
4746:
4699:(1961 Cambridge)
4697:A Book of Curves
4676:
4658:
4637:
4636:
4616:
4610:
4609:
4591:
4566:(January 1903).
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4402:
4395:
4389:
4386:
4282:Coordinate curve
4243:
4232:
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4212:
4193:
4180:. The values of
4179:
4173:
4152:simplifies to a
4151:
4125:
4120:of total degree
4119:
4112:projective plane
4086:
4080:
4073:
4067:
4052:
4041:
4031:
4012:rational numbers
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3986:
3980:
3970:Riemann surfaces
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3079:
3078:
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2298:
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2269:
2234:length. A curve
2226:
2224:
2223:
2220:{\displaystyle }
2218:
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2191:
2186:
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2183:
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2060:
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2047:
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2021:
2008:
2007:
2006:
1998:
1991:
1990:
1963:
1962:
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1935:
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1907:
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1890:
1864:
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1748:
1741:
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1737:
1719:
1702:
1699:
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1667:
1666:
1663:{\displaystyle }
1661:
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1096:
1095:
1090:
1006:states that the
964:
962:
961:
956:
937:projective plane
930:
928:
927:
922:
900:
898:
897:
892:
868:
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858:, also known as
851:
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559:
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551:
488:BĂ©zout's theorem
434:algebraic curves
375:trisect an angle
213:is the field of
212:
204:
197:
131:algebraic curves
111:parametric curve
21:
5095:
5094:
5090:
5089:
5088:
5086:
5085:
5084:
5070:Metric geometry
5055:
5054:
5052:
5050:
5045:
4934:
4888:
4873:
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4828:
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4787:
4774:
4706:
4695:E. H. Lockwood
4640:
4633:
4617:
4613:
4589:10.2307/1986455
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4557:
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4482:
4478:
4474:Lockwood p. 129
4473:
4469:
4465:Lockwood p. 132
4464:
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4451:
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4411:
4406:
4405:
4396:
4392:
4387:
4383:
4378:
4373:
4352:Position vector
4347:Polygonal curve
4342:Path (topology)
4302:Curve sketching
4277:
4261:Elliptic curves
4234:
4220:
4214:
4195:
4181:
4175:
4156:
4127:
4121:
4115:
4082:
4075:
4069:
4062:
4048:
4039:
4026:
4018:. For example,
4016:rational points
4005:
3994:
3988:
3982:
3976:
3924:
3915:
3909:
3900:
3894:
3879:
3869:
3858:
3856:Algebraic curve
3852:
3850:Algebraic curve
3830:
3826:
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3821:
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3792:
3790:
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3786:
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3433:are said to be
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3005:
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2994:smooth manifold
2977:
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2947:tangent vectors
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1555:parametrization
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461:brachistochrone
397:spiric sections
360:double the cube
251:
235:Riemann surface
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