We have seen in Chap. 13 that the length of a curve is classically defined as the supremum of the lengths of polygonal lines inscribed in it. Our purpose here is to compare the length of a given smooth curve with the length of a curve close to it, or more precisely with the length of a polygonal line inscribed in it.
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(2008). Approximation of the Length of Curves. In: Generalized Curvatures. Geometry and Computing, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73792-6_14
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