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What is the length of a potato?

An introduction to geometric measure theory

Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 1174)

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  • Length Measure
  • Euler Characteristic
  • Pure Number
  • Positive Reach
  • Close Line Segment

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Schanuel, S.H. (1986). What is the length of a potato?. In: Categories in Continuum Physics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1174. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076939

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