The total squared curvature of closed curves

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DOI10.4310/jdg/1214438990zbMath0554.53013WikidataQ115187725 ScholiaQ115187725MaRDI QIDQ760017

Joel C. Langer, David A. Singer

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Journal of Differential Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214438990


58E99: Variational problems in infinite-dimensional spaces

53A04: Curves in Euclidean and related spaces

53A35: Non-Euclidean differential geometry


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