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Tangents of σ-finite curves and scaled oscillation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2016

MARIANNA CSÖRNYEI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 5734 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
BOBBY WILSON
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 5734 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A. e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Abstract

We show that every continuous simple curve with σ-finite length has a tangent at positively many points. We also apply this result to functions with finite lower scaled oscillation; and study the validity of the results in higher dimension.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2016 

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