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  2. Closed and exact differential forms - Wikipedia

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    The form generates the de Rham cohomology group ({}), meaning that any closed form is the sum of an exact form and a multiple of : = + , where = accounts for a non-trivial contour integral around the origin, which is the only obstruction to a closed form on the punctured plane (locally the derivative of a potential function) being the ...

  3. Curve - Wikipedia

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    A space curve is a curve for which is at least three-dimensional; a skew curve is a space curve which lies in no plane. These definitions of plane, space and skew curves apply also to real algebraic curves , although the above definition of a curve does not apply (a real algebraic curve may be disconnected ).

  4. Closed-form expression - Wikipedia

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    The quadratic formula =. is a closed form of the solutions to the general quadratic equation + + =. More generally, in the context of polynomial equations, a closed form of a solution is a solution in radicals; that is, a closed-form expression for which the allowed functions are only n th-roots and field operations (+,,, /).

  5. Differential form - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, differential forms provide a unified approach to define integrands over curves, surfaces, solids, and higher-dimensional manifolds. The modern notion of differential forms was pioneered by Élie Cartan. It has many applications, especially in geometry, topology and physics.

  6. Differentiable curve - Wikipedia

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    When I is a closed interval [a,b], γ(a) is called the starting point and γ(b) is the endpoint of γ. If the starting and the end points coincide (that is, γ(a) = γ(b)), then γ is a closed curve or a loop. To be a C r-loop, the function γ must be r-times continuously differentiable and satisfy γ (k) (a) = γ (k) (b) for 0 ≤ k ≤ r.

  7. Convex curve - Wikipedia

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    By the Jordan curve theorem, a simple closed curve divides the plane into interior and exterior regions, and another equivalent definition of a closed convex curve is that it is a simple closed curve whose union with its interior is a convex set. [9] [17] Examples of open and unbounded convex curves include the graphs of convex functions.

  8. Curve of constant width - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a curve of constant width is a simple closed curve in the plane whose width (the distance between parallel supporting lines) is the same in all directions. The shape bounded by a curve of constant width is a body of constant width or an orbiform , the name given to these shapes by Leonhard Euler . [ 1 ]

  9. List of curves - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Mathematics (Geometry) subsection. 1.1 Algebraic curves. 1.1.1 Rational curves. ... Space-filling curve (Peano curve) See also List of fractals by Hausdorff ...