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Continuous Families of Smooth Curves and Grünbaum’s Conjecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Tudor Zamfirescu
Affiliation:
Universität Dortmund, Abteilung Mathematik, 46 Dortmund, Germany
Andreana Zucco
Affiliation:
Istituto di Geometria, Università di Torino, Via Principe Amedeo 8 10123 Torino, Italy
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Abstract

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First we construct spreads consisting of analytic curves (circular arcs and segments), without points of finite multiplicity. Then we see that, in the sense of Baire categories, most such spreads have no points of finite multiplicity.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1984

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