On 2D quasi-isometric regular grids that are orthogonal far from corners (Q1405131)

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On 2D quasi-isometric regular grids that are orthogonal far from corners
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    On 2D quasi-isometric regular grids that are orthogonal far from corners (English)
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    25 August 2003
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    A special class of quasi-isometric mappings for generation of quasi-isometric regular coordinate systems is discussed. The physical field is decomposed into five nonoverlapping subregions which are automatically generated by solving a variational problem. Four of these blocks containing the four corners of the region are conformal images of geodesic quadrangles on surfaces of constant curvature. A quasi-isometric grid is generated inside each of these blocks. Orthogonality of coordinate lines holds in the fifth block which is a conformal image of a nonconvex polygon composed of several rectangles in the plane.
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    quasi-isometric grid
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    conformal mapping
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    almost orthogonal grid
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    variational approach
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    geodesic quadrangles
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    surfaces of constant curvtature
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