Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: A fractional notion of length and an associated nonlocal curvature   Here a new notion of fractional length of a smooth curve, which depends on a
parameter $\sigma$, is introduced that is analogous to the fractional perimeter
functional of sets that has been studied in recent years. It is shown that in
an appropriate limit the fractional length converges to the traditional notion
of length up to a multiplicative constant. Since a curve that connects two
points of minimal length must have zero curvature, the Euler--Lagrange equation
associated with the fractional length is used to motivate a nonlocal notion of
curvature for a curve. This is analogous to how the fractional perimeter has
been used to define a nonlocal mean curvature.

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The categories of this paper are: q-bio
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: nlin
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-th
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex
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The categories of this paper are: cmp-lg
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: math-ph
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The categories of this paper are: solv-int
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The categories of this paper are: q-fin
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: cs
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The categories of this paper are: cond-mat
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an