Total curvature in Minkowski planes (Q2711269)

For a closed curve that is contained in a ball of radius \(R\) in Euclidean \(n\)-space the Euclidean length \(L\) and the total curvature \(K\) have to satisfy the inequality \(L\leq R K\). Here the author gives a generalization of this result for the case that length and curvature are measured with another (i.e., non-Euclidean) norm; this norm makes the space under consideration into a flat Finsler space (\( = \)Minkowski space). A special result is obtained for the case of a planar curve, \(n=2\).