closed curve

collocation in English

meaningsofclosedandcurve

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closed
adjective
uk
/kləʊzd/us
/kloʊzd/
not ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk
/kɜːv/us
/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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(Definition ofclosedandcurvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Closedcurvehere means that the number of real circuits is limited to one and that the circuit does not extend to infinity.
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However, is not a single-valued function over aclosedcurveif it is defined this way.
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The attractors are not aclosedcurve(even of a complicated form) but consist of an aperiodic trajectory.
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Exceptionally it is aclosedcurvelike a half of the figure of eight.
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In the case of aclosedcurveone can use periodic boundary conditions on the unit interval in order to solve over the circle.
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First consider the sheet as aclosedcurve.
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It is sufficient to assume that theclosedcurveboth has constant entropy and is a magnetic field line.
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The resulting approximate implicit function is not, as could be expected, aclosedcurve.
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However, we could have started with anyclosedcurveas the central filament for the torus, and wrapped a torus knot on that expanded torus.
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We consider the line integral of (4.4) along thisclosedcurve.
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Recall that dendrites are locally connected continua which contain no simpleclosedcurve.
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In both cases the solutions of the modified equation are periodic, and the numerical approximation lies near aclosedcurve, so that correct qualitative behaviour is obtained.
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So each of these curves is a simpleclosedcurve.
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Next we give an existence theorem of a fixed point of index one assuming there is a simpleclosedcurvewhich is indifferent in some sense.
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