Piecewise polynomial spaces and geometric continuity of curves (Q1099576)
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Piecewise polynomial spaces and geometric continuity of curves (English)
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1988
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We say that a curve has geometric continuity if its Frenet frame is continuous. The curve has arc-length continuity of order k if it is k time continuously differentiable in the arc-length parametrization. In this paper we introduce spaces of piecewise polynomials which can be used to model space curves with geometric on arc-length continuity. We show that the basic theoretical properties of ordinary spline functions also hold for these spaces. These results extend and unify recent work on Beta-splines and Nu-splines, which are used as a design tool in computer- aided geometric design of free form curves and surfaces.
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Frenet frame
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arc-length continuity
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piecewise polynomials
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spline functions
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beta-splines and nu-splines
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computer-aided geometric design
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free form curves
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surfaces
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parametric representation
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curvatures
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variation diminishing
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shape preservations
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total positivity
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