Generalizes Chern-Lashof theorem to admissible compact frontals, proving total absolute curvature >= sum of Betti numbers, with equality (total=2, first-kind singularities) implying image is closed convex domain in affine n-subspace.
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Generalizes Chern-Lashof theorem to admissible compact frontals, proving total absolute curvature >= sum of Betti numbers, with equality (total=2, first-kind singularities) implying image is closed convex domain in affine n-subspace.