Closed-form characterization of the Minkowski sum and difference of two ellipsoids

DOI10.1007/S10711-014-9981-3zbMath1321.65033OpenAlexW1974543286MaRDI QIDQ2516422

Yan Yan, Gregory S. Chirikjian

Publication date: 3 August 2015

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-014-9981-3

zbMATH Keywords

mean curvatureellipsoidintegral geometryroboticscomputational geometryMinkowski sumSteiner's formulaprincipal kinematic formula

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinematics of mechanisms and robots (70B15) Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry (65D18) Integral geometry (53C65) Kinematics of a particle (70B05)

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Uses Software

• Ellipsoidal Toolbox

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