Finiteness of the total first curvature of a non-closed curve in $\mathbb{E}^{n}$

Abstract

We consider a regular smooth curve in $\mathbb{E}^n$ such that its coordinates' components are the fundamental solutions of the differential equation $ y^{(n)} (x) - y(x) = 0 ,$ $x \in \mathbb{R} $ of order $n$. We show that the total first curvature of this curve is infinite for odd $n$ and is finite for even $n$.

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