Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2026/ii/paper-1/26i/d/solution

If a regular extension existed at either finite endpoint, reparametrization by arc length would extend the Frenet data. Because , the denominator in the torsion formula stays away from zero; compactness of a short closed parameter interval would then bound both and . This contradicts the stated limsup at that endpoint. Applying the argument at both ends proves nonextendibility.

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