ISOTOPIC CONVERGENCE THEOREM

DOI10.1142/S0218216513500120MaRDI QIDQ4922106zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Li, T. J. Peters

Publication date 28 May 2013

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1863

zbMATH Keywords

ambient isotopyconvergenceisotopyknottotal curvaturevisualization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Isotopy and pseudo-isotopy (57N37) Isotopy in PL-topology (57Q37) Approximations in PL-topology (57Q55) Discrete mathematics in relation to computer science (68R99)

Abstract: When approximating a space curve, it is natural to consider whether the knot type of the original curve is preserved in the approximant. This preservation is of strong contemporary interest in computer graphics and visualization. We establish a criterion to preserve knot type under approximation that relies upon pointwise convergence and convergence in total curvature.

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