Representation of quadric primitives by rational polynomials (Q1071473)
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Representation of quadric primitives by rational polynomials (English)
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1985
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Quadric surfaces can be written as rational Bézier surfaces. Depending on the weights in the rational expression, the surface has singularities or not. Checking for singularities by inspecting the weights is cumbersome, and therefore a new way to define a rational Bézier patch is described, involving geometrically intuitive double ratios.
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rational representation
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quadric primitives
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geometric construction
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Quadric surfaces
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Bézier surfaces
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Bézier patch
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