How to morph tilings injectively (Q1300801)

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How to morph tilings injectively
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    How to morph tilings injectively (English)
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    8 October 2000
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    The continuous transformation of a geometric configuration into another (analogous to a homotopy) is called \textit{morphing}. Here the authors discuss morphing a (finite) tiling by convex polygons (in the plane) to a \textit{compatible} tiling. Since linear interpolation may produce degenerate tilings, they propose a \textit{convex} morph: Each (interior) vertex is represented as a convex combination of its neighbours which is used for interpolation (by solving the resulting linear system). This leads to a valid morph if the boundary of the tiling is convex and remains unchanged, and to a morph preserving starshape (at least) when distinct boundaries are morphed using polar coordinates. Some examples are given.
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    morphing
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    triangulations
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    tilings
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    polygons
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    convex combinations
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