Computer graphics and geometric modeling using beta-splines
beta- splinescomputer graphicscurve and surface representationgeometric modelingmathematical modeling of tensionshape controlshape parameterssynthetic computer imagestextbook
Descriptive geometry (51N05) Curves in Euclidean and related spaces (53A04) Surfaces in Euclidean and related spaces (53A05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to numerical analysis (65-02) Numerical computation using splines (65D07) Algorithms for approximation of functions (65D15) Graphical methods in numerical analysis (65S05) Computing methodologies and applications (68U99)
The reviewed book is devoted to beta-splines which offer a mathematical technique for curve and surface representation. This method is developed for geometrical and graphical applications and is used, e.g., in the design and manufacture of three-dimensional parts as well as in the generation of synthetic computer images. Previous methods of curve and surface representation start from constraints on the continuity of the parametric derivative vectors. In the present book, the author uses a more geometrical approach: he replaces these derivatives by the unit tangent and curvature vectors. This approach enables further control of the shape via shape parameters generalizing previous work on the mathematical modeling of tension. The book is divided into 20 parts. First, the parametric piecewise representation is explained and various methods of applying tension to a curve are reviewed. Further, elementary differential geometry concepts are introduced and general relations for the representation of the constraints of continuous unit tangent and curvature vectors are derived. The conventional conditions of continuity of derivative vectors are then replaced by these requirements. The new constraints are expressed by means of two inherent shape parameters. Evaluation and perturbation of a beta-spline with uniform shape parameters are investigated by two methods. The assumption of the uniformity is then generalized so that the shape parameters can vary continuously along the curve. End conditions for beta-spline curves are classified. All considerations are then generalized to the case of surfaces. Again, methods are designed for their evaluation and perturbation in the case of uniform and also continuously varying shape parameters. Boundary conditions are classified and analyzed. Geometrical interpretations of the shape parameters and their relation to the modeling of tension are investigated. The book is written on a very good level from the methodical point of view. The explanations are clear. The used combination of general mathematical and intuitive approach by introduction of elementary differential geometry concepts enables a quick and effective understanding of the presented notion. On the other side, from the strictly mathematical point of view, some misunderstandings can arise (e.g. when comparing the conclusions of chapter 5 with relations presented in chapter 4 or in considerations on basic functions in chapter 7). The presented algorithms are very valuable and enable to verify the investigated topics practically.
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