Gelfond-Bézier curves (Q1942996)

The authors show that the generalized Bernstein bases in Müntz spaces defined by \textit{I. J. Hirschman} and \textit{D. V. Widder} [Duke Math. J. 16, 433--438 (1949; Zbl 0033.11103)] and extended by \textit{A. O. Gelfond} [Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Ser. Mat. 14, 413--420 (1950; Zbl 0039.06803)] can be obtained as pointwise limits of the Chebyshev-Bernstein bases in Müntz spaces with respect to an interval \([a,1]\) as the positive real number \(a\) converges to zero. Such a realization allows for concepts of curve design such as de Casteljau algorithm, blossom, dimension elevation to be transferred from the general theory of Chebyshev blossoms in Müntz spaces to these generalized Bernstein bases that it is termed as Gelfond-Bernstein bases. Gelfond-Bernstein bases allow to simplify the obtained concepts and algorithms as compared to their Chebyshev-Bernstein bases counterparts.