The topology and compactness of a one-point closure do not determine the total curvature when the added point need not be a regular point of the surface. Rotate a smooth simple arc in the half-plane about its boundary axis. Let its arc-length parameter be , let its radius be for , and arrangeas , where . The initial end closes smoothly, while the terminal point is omitted. The resulting surface is diffeomorphic to a sphere minus one point and has compact one-point closure. Since and ,which need not equal .
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