Upper and lower approximations on certain definite integrals are used in this paper to obtain the maximum length of a smooth curve satisfying certain side conditions, including specified minimum radius of curvature. The question has appeared (and was unresolved) in at least two previous research publications.
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H. G. Robertson (1970) studied this question.
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