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Partially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project 96-01-01104.
V. A. Steklov Mathematical Institute and CEREMADE, Université Paris-Dauphine. Translated from Funktsional'nyi Analiz i Ego Prilozheniya, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 1–7, April–June, 1998.
Translated by V. I. Arnold
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Arnold, V.I. Towards the legendre sturm theory of space curves. Funct Anal Its Appl 32, 75–80 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02482593
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