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I want to determine the arc lenght of a parametric curve $C: {x(t),y(t) } = { cos(t)^p , sin(t)^p }$ with $p$ between $0$ and $1$, and $t$ between $0$ and $pi/2$.



I set up the following function of $p$:



L[p_] :=  ArcLength[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, 
Method -> {"NIntegrate", MaxRecursion -> 20}]


For $p=1$ we have a quarter of a circle of radius 1 and we know the arc length is equal to $pi/2$. The above function gives the correct result: 1.5708.



For $p$ close to zero, the curve approaches a square, and we know the result should be very close to $2$. However, the function doesn't even come close to it. Evaluating L[1/100] results in 1.30603. Not close to 2 (it's not even bigger than Pi/2).



Plotting, results in the following:



Plot[L[p], {p, 0, 1}]



enter image description here



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    I get a warning from NIntegrate ("Numerical integration converging too slowly; suspect one of the following: singularity...") when trying to evaluate L for small p.
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I want to determine the arc lenght of a parametric curve $C: {x(t),y(t) } = { cos(t)^p , sin(t)^p }$ with $p$ between $0$ and $1$, and $t$ between $0$ and $pi/2$.



I set up the following function of $p$:



L[p_] :=  ArcLength[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, 
Method -> {"NIntegrate", MaxRecursion -> 20}]


For $p=1$ we have a quarter of a circle of radius 1 and we know the arc length is equal to $pi/2$. The above function gives the correct result: 1.5708.



For $p$ close to zero, the curve approaches a square, and we know the result should be very close to $2$. However, the function doesn't even come close to it. Evaluating L[1/100] results in 1.30603. Not close to 2 (it's not even bigger than Pi/2).



Plotting, results in the following:



Plot[L[p], {p, 0, 1}]



enter image description here



Any ideas? I'm running 11.0.0.0










share|improve this question











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    I get a warning from NIntegrate ("Numerical integration converging too slowly; suspect one of the following: singularity...") when trying to evaluate L for small p.
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    – MarcoB
    1 hour ago












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    @MarcoB I don't get any warnings when evaluating L[1/100]
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I want to determine the arc lenght of a parametric curve $C: {x(t),y(t) } = { cos(t)^p , sin(t)^p }$ with $p$ between $0$ and $1$, and $t$ between $0$ and $pi/2$.



I set up the following function of $p$:



L[p_] :=  ArcLength[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, 
Method -> {"NIntegrate", MaxRecursion -> 20}]


For $p=1$ we have a quarter of a circle of radius 1 and we know the arc length is equal to $pi/2$. The above function gives the correct result: 1.5708.



For $p$ close to zero, the curve approaches a square, and we know the result should be very close to $2$. However, the function doesn't even come close to it. Evaluating L[1/100] results in 1.30603. Not close to 2 (it's not even bigger than Pi/2).



Plotting, results in the following:



Plot[L[p], {p, 0, 1}]



enter image description here



Any ideas? I'm running 11.0.0.0










share|improve this question











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I want to determine the arc lenght of a parametric curve $C: {x(t),y(t) } = { cos(t)^p , sin(t)^p }$ with $p$ between $0$ and $1$, and $t$ between $0$ and $pi/2$.



I set up the following function of $p$:



L[p_] :=  ArcLength[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, 
Method -> {"NIntegrate", MaxRecursion -> 20}]


For $p=1$ we have a quarter of a circle of radius 1 and we know the arc length is equal to $pi/2$. The above function gives the correct result: 1.5708.



For $p$ close to zero, the curve approaches a square, and we know the result should be very close to $2$. However, the function doesn't even come close to it. Evaluating L[1/100] results in 1.30603. Not close to 2 (it's not even bigger than Pi/2).



Plotting, results in the following:



Plot[L[p], {p, 0, 1}]



enter image description here



Any ideas? I'm running 11.0.0.0







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    I get a warning from NIntegrate ("Numerical integration converging too slowly; suspect one of the following: singularity...") when trying to evaluate L for small p.
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    – MarcoB
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    @MarcoB I don't get any warnings when evaluating L[1/100]
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    – Ivan
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    I get a warning from NIntegrate ("Numerical integration converging too slowly; suspect one of the following: singularity...") when trying to evaluate L for small p.
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    – MarcoB
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    @MarcoB I don't get any warnings when evaluating L[1/100]
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I get a warning from NIntegrate ("Numerical integration converging too slowly; suspect one of the following: singularity...") when trying to evaluate L for small p.
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– MarcoB
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@MarcoB I don't get any warnings when evaluating L[1/100]
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Manipulate[ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}], {p, 0.01, 1}]


gives this plot at $p=0.01$:



(An unpreprocessing plot was here.)



Yes, looks to be approaching two sides of a square, but the sides are shrinking!



UPDATE:



p = 0.01; ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, Axes -> False, Frame -> True, PlotRange -> {{0, 1.1}, {0, 1.1}}]


enter image description here



So yes, the sides are not shrinking, but Mathematica seems to be missing some of the curve ...






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    >but the sides are shrinking. Not really. Check your plotrange
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    Yes, but this does not seem to answer the OP's question. Try including smaller values of $p$.
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    – MarcoB
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    No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
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    @Ivan, yes, point well taken! Could be an artifact. But why is the ArcLength[] returning wrong results? Seems that in both cases Mathematica is undersampling ...
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    – mjw
    45 mins ago





















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I can only provide an alternative to bypass ArcLength.



The points pts of a quarter circle are scaled such that they lie on the desired curve; afterwards the length of the polygonal line is computed. You will still get problems for values of p very close to 0, but at least you may obtain a qualitatively correct plot (so I hope).



Certainly this method won't provide you with the best possible accuracy. The relative error between the arclength $ell$ of an arc and the length $s$ of a secant is roughly $|ell/s - 1| leq ell^2 , max(|kappa|)$ in the limit of $ell to 0$. Since the maximal curvature in of curve goes to $infty$ for $p to infty$, the quality of this approximation will reduce significantly for $p to 0$.



n = 10000;
pts = Transpose[{Cos[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]], Sin[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]]}];
L[p_] := With[{x = pts/Power[Dot[(Abs[pts]^(1/p)), {1., 1.}], p]},
Total[Sqrt[Dot[Differences[x]^2, {1., 1.}]]]
]
Plot[L[p], {p, 0.001, 1}]


enter image description here






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    Seems to be a precision thing.



    L[p_] = {Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}

    ArcLength[L[1/100], {t, 0, π/2}, WorkingPrecision -> 1000]

    1.99447959240474567...





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      Manipulate[ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}], {p, 0.01, 1}]


      gives this plot at $p=0.01$:



      (An unpreprocessing plot was here.)



      Yes, looks to be approaching two sides of a square, but the sides are shrinking!



      UPDATE:



      p = 0.01; ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, Axes -> False, Frame -> True, PlotRange -> {{0, 1.1}, {0, 1.1}}]


      enter image description here



      So yes, the sides are not shrinking, but Mathematica seems to be missing some of the curve ...






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        >but the sides are shrinking. Not really. Check your plotrange
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        Yes, but this does not seem to answer the OP's question. Try including smaller values of $p$.
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        – MarcoB
        1 hour ago






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        No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
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        $begingroup$
        @mjw "Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks." To the contrary. I was really surprise that posts in this threads were downvoted so quickly. Downvotes on answers are actually very uncommon on this site.
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        @Ivan, yes, point well taken! Could be an artifact. But why is the ArcLength[] returning wrong results? Seems that in both cases Mathematica is undersampling ...
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      $begingroup$

      Manipulate[ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}], {p, 0.01, 1}]


      gives this plot at $p=0.01$:



      (An unpreprocessing plot was here.)



      Yes, looks to be approaching two sides of a square, but the sides are shrinking!



      UPDATE:



      p = 0.01; ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, Axes -> False, Frame -> True, PlotRange -> {{0, 1.1}, {0, 1.1}}]


      enter image description here



      So yes, the sides are not shrinking, but Mathematica seems to be missing some of the curve ...






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        >but the sides are shrinking. Not really. Check your plotrange
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        – Ivan
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        Yes, but this does not seem to answer the OP's question. Try including smaller values of $p$.
        $endgroup$
        – MarcoB
        1 hour ago






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        No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
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        $begingroup$
        @mjw "Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks." To the contrary. I was really surprise that posts in this threads were downvoted so quickly. Downvotes on answers are actually very uncommon on this site.
        $endgroup$
        – Henrik Schumacher
        58 mins ago






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        $begingroup$
        @Ivan, yes, point well taken! Could be an artifact. But why is the ArcLength[] returning wrong results? Seems that in both cases Mathematica is undersampling ...
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        – mjw
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      Manipulate[ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}], {p, 0.01, 1}]


      gives this plot at $p=0.01$:



      (An unpreprocessing plot was here.)



      Yes, looks to be approaching two sides of a square, but the sides are shrinking!



      UPDATE:



      p = 0.01; ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, Axes -> False, Frame -> True, PlotRange -> {{0, 1.1}, {0, 1.1}}]


      enter image description here



      So yes, the sides are not shrinking, but Mathematica seems to be missing some of the curve ...






      share|improve this answer











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      Manipulate[ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}], {p, 0.01, 1}]


      gives this plot at $p=0.01$:



      (An unpreprocessing plot was here.)



      Yes, looks to be approaching two sides of a square, but the sides are shrinking!



      UPDATE:



      p = 0.01; ParametricPlot[{Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}, {t, 0, Pi/2}, Axes -> False, Frame -> True, PlotRange -> {{0, 1.1}, {0, 1.1}}]


      enter image description here



      So yes, the sides are not shrinking, but Mathematica seems to be missing some of the curve ...







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      • $begingroup$
        >but the sides are shrinking. Not really. Check your plotrange
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        Yes, but this does not seem to answer the OP's question. Try including smaller values of $p$.
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        – MarcoB
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        No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
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        @Ivan, yes, point well taken! Could be an artifact. But why is the ArcLength[] returning wrong results? Seems that in both cases Mathematica is undersampling ...
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        >but the sides are shrinking. Not really. Check your plotrange
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        Yes, but this does not seem to answer the OP's question. Try including smaller values of $p$.
        $endgroup$
        – MarcoB
        1 hour ago






      • 2




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        No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
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        $begingroup$
        @mjw "Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks." To the contrary. I was really surprise that posts in this threads were downvoted so quickly. Downvotes on answers are actually very uncommon on this site.
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        @Ivan, yes, point well taken! Could be an artifact. But why is the ArcLength[] returning wrong results? Seems that in both cases Mathematica is undersampling ...
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      >but the sides are shrinking. Not really. Check your plotrange
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      Yes, but this does not seem to answer the OP's question. Try including smaller values of $p$.
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      – MarcoB
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      $endgroup$
      – MarcoB
      1 hour ago




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      No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
      $endgroup$
      – mjw
      1 hour ago






      $begingroup$
      No, not that desperate ... By the way, you guys are tough! Imagine a classroom where a student gives an answer/suggestion that is not correct. Or a collaboration with somebody making a mistake. Seems that "Mathematica Stack Exchange" culture does not like people taking risks. May hurt creativity ... But we will have strictly precise, quality answers!!
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      $begingroup$
      @Ivan, yes, point well taken! Could be an artifact. But why is the ArcLength[] returning wrong results? Seems that in both cases Mathematica is undersampling ...
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      I can only provide an alternative to bypass ArcLength.



      The points pts of a quarter circle are scaled such that they lie on the desired curve; afterwards the length of the polygonal line is computed. You will still get problems for values of p very close to 0, but at least you may obtain a qualitatively correct plot (so I hope).



      Certainly this method won't provide you with the best possible accuracy. The relative error between the arclength $ell$ of an arc and the length $s$ of a secant is roughly $|ell/s - 1| leq ell^2 , max(|kappa|)$ in the limit of $ell to 0$. Since the maximal curvature in of curve goes to $infty$ for $p to infty$, the quality of this approximation will reduce significantly for $p to 0$.



      n = 10000;
      pts = Transpose[{Cos[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]], Sin[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]]}];
      L[p_] := With[{x = pts/Power[Dot[(Abs[pts]^(1/p)), {1., 1.}], p]},
      Total[Sqrt[Dot[Differences[x]^2, {1., 1.}]]]
      ]
      Plot[L[p], {p, 0.001, 1}]


      enter image description here






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        I can only provide an alternative to bypass ArcLength.



        The points pts of a quarter circle are scaled such that they lie on the desired curve; afterwards the length of the polygonal line is computed. You will still get problems for values of p very close to 0, but at least you may obtain a qualitatively correct plot (so I hope).



        Certainly this method won't provide you with the best possible accuracy. The relative error between the arclength $ell$ of an arc and the length $s$ of a secant is roughly $|ell/s - 1| leq ell^2 , max(|kappa|)$ in the limit of $ell to 0$. Since the maximal curvature in of curve goes to $infty$ for $p to infty$, the quality of this approximation will reduce significantly for $p to 0$.



        n = 10000;
        pts = Transpose[{Cos[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]], Sin[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]]}];
        L[p_] := With[{x = pts/Power[Dot[(Abs[pts]^(1/p)), {1., 1.}], p]},
        Total[Sqrt[Dot[Differences[x]^2, {1., 1.}]]]
        ]
        Plot[L[p], {p, 0.001, 1}]


        enter image description here






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          I can only provide an alternative to bypass ArcLength.



          The points pts of a quarter circle are scaled such that they lie on the desired curve; afterwards the length of the polygonal line is computed. You will still get problems for values of p very close to 0, but at least you may obtain a qualitatively correct plot (so I hope).



          Certainly this method won't provide you with the best possible accuracy. The relative error between the arclength $ell$ of an arc and the length $s$ of a secant is roughly $|ell/s - 1| leq ell^2 , max(|kappa|)$ in the limit of $ell to 0$. Since the maximal curvature in of curve goes to $infty$ for $p to infty$, the quality of this approximation will reduce significantly for $p to 0$.



          n = 10000;
          pts = Transpose[{Cos[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]], Sin[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]]}];
          L[p_] := With[{x = pts/Power[Dot[(Abs[pts]^(1/p)), {1., 1.}], p]},
          Total[Sqrt[Dot[Differences[x]^2, {1., 1.}]]]
          ]
          Plot[L[p], {p, 0.001, 1}]


          enter image description here






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          I can only provide an alternative to bypass ArcLength.



          The points pts of a quarter circle are scaled such that they lie on the desired curve; afterwards the length of the polygonal line is computed. You will still get problems for values of p very close to 0, but at least you may obtain a qualitatively correct plot (so I hope).



          Certainly this method won't provide you with the best possible accuracy. The relative error between the arclength $ell$ of an arc and the length $s$ of a secant is roughly $|ell/s - 1| leq ell^2 , max(|kappa|)$ in the limit of $ell to 0$. Since the maximal curvature in of curve goes to $infty$ for $p to infty$, the quality of this approximation will reduce significantly for $p to 0$.



          n = 10000;
          pts = Transpose[{Cos[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]], Sin[Subdivide[0., Pi/2, n]]}];
          L[p_] := With[{x = pts/Power[Dot[(Abs[pts]^(1/p)), {1., 1.}], p]},
          Total[Sqrt[Dot[Differences[x]^2, {1., 1.}]]]
          ]
          Plot[L[p], {p, 0.001, 1}]


          enter image description here







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              Seems to be a precision thing.



              L[p_] = {Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}

              ArcLength[L[1/100], {t, 0, π/2}, WorkingPrecision -> 1000]

              1.99447959240474567...





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                $begingroup$

                Seems to be a precision thing.



                L[p_] = {Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}

                ArcLength[L[1/100], {t, 0, π/2}, WorkingPrecision -> 1000]

                1.99447959240474567...





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                  $begingroup$

                  Seems to be a precision thing.



                  L[p_] = {Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}

                  ArcLength[L[1/100], {t, 0, π/2}, WorkingPrecision -> 1000]

                  1.99447959240474567...





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                  $endgroup$



                  Seems to be a precision thing.



                  L[p_] = {Cos[t]^p, Sin[t]^p}

                  ArcLength[L[1/100], {t, 0, π/2}, WorkingPrecision -> 1000]

                  1.99447959240474567...






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                  answered 25 mins ago









                  Bill WattsBill Watts

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