Is it possible to represent as a smooth curve?

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Consider a curve $\gamma(t) = (x_{1}(t),x_{2}(t))$, such as : enter image description here

Suppose angle between parts of the curve is $\alpha \ne \pi/2$. Is it possible to represent it like a smooth curve $(x_{1}(t),x_{2}(t))$,where $x_{i}(t) \in C^{\infty}$?

I know that it's possible for $\alpha = \pi/2$, but what about this curve?

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Yes, that's possible. Just let the speed of the curve slow down in a smooth fashion to $0$ when approaching the corner (use something which behaves like $\exp(-1/x^2)$ near $x=0$).

But not as a regular curve, i.e. a curve with nonvanishing derivative.