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The length of any curve that goes from A to B (other than the line segment AB) is greater than the length of that segment. This statement may be a theorem? Or, necessarily, is an axiom? It seems to me that any attempt to build a theorem eventually turning into begging.

Thank you very much!

Paulo Argolo

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    The proof of Oprea's "Theorem 1.1.11" [here](http://books.google.com/books?id=xb48zk0wJfIC&pg=PA6) is instructive.2010-11-24

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