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I came across the following exercise.




Let
$$
A = { x in mathbb{R}^2 : 1 leq lvert x rvert leq 2 }.
$$

Show that there is no continuous function $vartheta: A rightarrow mathbb{R}$ such that



$$
E(x) := frac{x}{lvert x rvert} = (cosvartheta(x), sin vartheta(x)) quad text{for all} ; x in A. quad quad (*)
$$




I know that $(*)$ would hold, if $A$ was star-shaped and $E$ a continuous unit vector field.



However, I am not able to find a contradiction.










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    I came across the following exercise.




    Let
    $$
    A = { x in mathbb{R}^2 : 1 leq lvert x rvert leq 2 }.
    $$

    Show that there is no continuous function $vartheta: A rightarrow mathbb{R}$ such that



    $$
    E(x) := frac{x}{lvert x rvert} = (cosvartheta(x), sin vartheta(x)) quad text{for all} ; x in A. quad quad (*)
    $$




    I know that $(*)$ would hold, if $A$ was star-shaped and $E$ a continuous unit vector field.



    However, I am not able to find a contradiction.










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      I came across the following exercise.




      Let
      $$
      A = { x in mathbb{R}^2 : 1 leq lvert x rvert leq 2 }.
      $$

      Show that there is no continuous function $vartheta: A rightarrow mathbb{R}$ such that



      $$
      E(x) := frac{x}{lvert x rvert} = (cosvartheta(x), sin vartheta(x)) quad text{for all} ; x in A. quad quad (*)
      $$




      I know that $(*)$ would hold, if $A$ was star-shaped and $E$ a continuous unit vector field.



      However, I am not able to find a contradiction.










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      I came across the following exercise.




      Let
      $$
      A = { x in mathbb{R}^2 : 1 leq lvert x rvert leq 2 }.
      $$

      Show that there is no continuous function $vartheta: A rightarrow mathbb{R}$ such that



      $$
      E(x) := frac{x}{lvert x rvert} = (cosvartheta(x), sin vartheta(x)) quad text{for all} ; x in A. quad quad (*)
      $$




      I know that $(*)$ would hold, if $A$ was star-shaped and $E$ a continuous unit vector field.



      However, I am not able to find a contradiction.







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          Hint: Note $e^{it} = e^{ivartheta (e^{it})}.$ Thus $vartheta (e^{it}) = t +2pi n_t,$ where $n_tin mathbb Z.$






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