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    The Fenchel-type inequality in the 3-dimensional Lorentz space and a Crofton formula

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    We generalize the Fenchel theorem to strong spacelike (which means that the tangent vector and the curvature vector span a spacelike 2-plane at each point) closed curves with index 1 in the 3-dimensional Lorentz space, showing that the total curvatures must be less than or equal to 2Ï€2\pi. A similar generalization of the Fary-Milnor theorem is also obtained. We establish the Crofton formula on the de Sitter 2-sphere which implies the above results.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures. Comments are welcom
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