A simple closed curve J is constructed in R³ which fails to pierce a disc at only one point. The intersections of various surfaces in R³ are investigated to prove that J has the desired property. Heavy use is made of approximation of surfaces in R³ with polyhedral surfaces.
J is used to construct simple closed curves which fail to pierce discs at various finite and infinite sets of points. The most interesting of these is a simple closed curve which pierces a disc at one dense set of points while failing to pierce a disc at another dense set of points which has measure 0. / Science, Faculty of / Mathematics, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/34026 |
| Date | January 1972 |
| Creators | Goff, William Sidney |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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