Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / ii / Paper 2 / 25I / a / Solution

Fix $t_0\in [a,b]$ and defineBecause $\gamma$ is a regular curve, $s^{\prime }(t)=\Vert {\gamma }^{\prime }(t)\Vert >0$. The inverse function theorem gives a smooth inverse $t=t(s)$ onto the corresponding interval. For $\tilde{\gamma }(s)=\gamma (t(s))$,Thus the arc-length parametrization exists.