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On Curves of Minimal Length with a Constraint on Average Curvature, and with Prescribed Initial and Terminal Positions and Tangents

Lester E. Dubins

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L. E. Dubins, On Curves of Minimal Length with a Constraint on Average Curvature, and with Prescribed Initial and Terminal Positions and Tangents, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul., 1957), pp. 497-516

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L. E. Dubins, On Curves of Minimal Length with a Constraint on Average Curvature, and with Prescribed Initial and Terminal Positions and Tangents, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul., 1957), pp. 497-516

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L. E. Dubins, On Curves of Minimal Length with a Constraint on Average Curvature, and with Prescribed Initial and Terminal Positions and Tangents, American Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Jul., 1957), pp. 497-516

Key concepts: Mathematics, Terminal (telecommunication), Tangent, Curvature, Constraint (computer-aided design), Geometry, Mathematical analysis, Computer science

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