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Algebraic Approximation of Curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

A. H. Wallace*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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In his paper on the algebraic approximation of differentiable manifolds Nash (1) introduced the concept of a sheet of a real algebraic variety (see the definition in §16 below) and raised certain questions of a general nature. In attempting to answer these questions it has been necessary to evolve some sort of technique for manipulating curves on algebraic varieties, and, in particular, to set up a criterion for the possibility of approximating a sequence of analytic arcs (definition in §1) joined end to end by a single analytic arc.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1958

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