No label defined (Q4515218)

A curve \(\mathcal C\) contained in a bounded domain in \(\mathbb R^2\) is called regular if any line \(d\subset \mathbb R^2\) intersects \(\mathcal C\) in at most two points. The author makes a study of regular plane curves and uses these results to prove the equivalence of the following conditions for a Chebyshev system \(\{\varphi_1,\varphi_2,\varphi_3\}\) of continuous functions defined on an interval \(I\) from \(\mathbb R\): (i) The space \(sp\{\varphi_1,\varphi_2,\varphi_3\}\) contains functions which vanish only at the left end point and functions which vanish at the right end point of the interval \(I\); (ii) The space \(sp\{\varphi_1,\varphi_2,\varphi_3\}\) contains a Chebyshev subspace of dimension two; (iii) The space \(sp\{\varphi_1,\varphi_2,\varphi_3\}\) extends with a point; (iv) The space \(sp\{\varphi_1,\varphi_2,\varphi_3\}\) extends to an interval \(J\supset I\), (v) The space \(sp\{\varphi_2,\varphi_2,\varphi_3\}\) extends to a periodic Chebyshev space.