A smoothness criterion for monotonicity-preserving subdivision (Q2392712)

The authors study subdivision schemes that both interpolate and preserve the monotonicity of the input data. Following a suggestion made by \textit{M. A. Sabin} and \textit{N. A. Dodgson} [Mathematical methods for curves and surfaces: Tromsø 2004. Modern Methods in Mathematics, 275--286 (2005; Zbl 1079.65514)] about the smoothness of the limit function, a simple ratio condition that guarantees \(C^1\) smoothness of the limit function is obtained here. By applying this result, it is further shown that the foregoing scheme of Sabin and Dodgson and another scheme proposed by \textit{F. Kuijt} and \textit{R. van Damme} [J. Approximation Theory 114, No. 1, 1--32 (2002; Zbl 1003.41006)] are \(C^1\).