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Shortening three-dimensional curves via two-dimensional flows (English)
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13 July 1995
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In order to find a geodesic connecting two given points on a surface, one may start with an arbitrary smooth curve connecting the two points and then modify the curve by a surface normal flow proportional to the geodesic curvature. The fixed points of this flow are the geodesics. The authors note that it is easier computationally to project the problem into a plane. They derive the new flow equation and indicate how to discretize the problem for a stable, adaptive algorithm (with special attention to the endpoints.).
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geodesic
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surface
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smooth curve
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flow
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