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Inflectional Convex Space Curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Tibor Bisztriczky
Tibor Bisztriczky*
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University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
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Let Φ be a regular closed C2 curve on a sphere S in Euclidean three-space. Let H(S)[H(Φ) ] denote the convex hull of S[Φ]. For any point p ∈ H(S), let O(p) be the set of points of Φ whose osculating plane at each of these points passes through p.

1. THEOREM ([8]). If Φ has no multiple points and p ∈ H(Φ), then |0(p) | ≧ 3[4] when p is [is not] a vertex of Φ.

2. THEOREM ( [9]). a) If the only self intersection point of Φ is a doublepoint and p ∈ H(Φ) is not a vertex of Φ, then |O(p)| ≧ 2.

b) Let Φ possess exactly n vertices. Then

  • (1) |O(p)| ≦ nforp ∈ H(S) and

  • (2) if the osculating plane at each vertex of Φ meets Φ at exactly one point, |O(p)| = n if and only if p ∈ H(Φ) is not vertex.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1984 , pp. 537 - 549
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1984

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