A sufficient condition for an arc to be nearly polyhedral
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Abstract:
We give a simple geometric condition for an arc to be wild at an endpoint, with penetration index at least three.References
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- © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 28 (1971), 229-233
- MSC: Primary 55.20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1971-0273596-2
- MathSciNet review: 0273596