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Let $f:[a,b] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ be a rectifiable continuous curve, show that $f[a,b]$ has content zero.

If $f$ is continuous then is integrable so we have that $[a,b]\times f[a,b]$ has content zero for any partition P of $[a,b]$ but how can i show that only The range has measure zero?

Eduardo Silva
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As hinted in the comments, you need $n > 1$.

Assuming $n > 1$, to prove that $f[a, b]$ has content zero it suffices to prove that $f[a, b]$ has measure zero, since $[a, b]$ is compact (see here: Measure zero and compact then content zero)

Then a proof that the measure is zero can be found here: $f[a,b]$ has measure zero