Campus Units
Mathematics, Computer Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
2013
Journal or Book Title
Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society
Volume
141
Issue
3
First Page
1041
Last Page
1053
DOI
10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11385-1
Abstract
We show that there is a point on a computable arc that does not belong to any computable rectifiable curve. We also show that there is a point on a computable rectifiable curve with computable length that does not belong to any computable arc.
Copyright Owner
American Mathematical Society
Copyright Date
2012
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
McNicholl, Timothy H., "The power of backtracking and the confinement of length" (2013). Mathematics Publications. 105.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/math_pubs/105
Comments
This is a manuscript of an article published as McNicholl, Timothy. "The power of backtracking and the confinement of length." Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society 141, no. 3 (2013): 1041-1053, doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-2012-11385-1. Posted with permission.