Total positivity and convexity preservation

DOI10.1006/JATH.1998.3219MaRDI QIDQ1279880zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael S. Floater

Publication date 25 January 2000

Published in Journal of Approximation Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://semanticscholar.org/paper/bde04de3aeabbeb41c64f72c10174d498973af09

zbMATH Keywords

Bézier curvesCasteljau algorithmconvexityshape preservationtotal positivity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation by polynomials (41A10) Approximation with constraints (41A29) Algorithms for approximation of functions (65D15)

Review text

In this paper the author introduces a concept of \(d\)-convexity of curves in the \(d\)-dimensional space and characterizes totally positive blending systems in terms of \(d\)-convexity. He shows that for certain systems total positivity and rational convexity preservation are equivalent. He also characterizes certain convexity preserving systems in terms of weak Chebychev systems. Among other things he derives some results on Wronskians and uses them to obtain formulas for alternating functions of sequences of derivatives of Bézier curves in terms of points in the de Casteljau algorithm. These formulas generlize some earlier results of the author.

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