A canonical form for the continuous piecewise polynomial functions

DOI10.1016/J.CAM.2014.11.033zbMATH Open1352.65052arXiv1411.6919OpenAlexW1978993612MaRDI QIDQ2018484FDOQ2018484

Jorge Caravantes, Laureano Gonzalez-Vega, Maria Ángeles Gómez-Molleda

Publication date: 24 March 2015

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present in this paper a canonical form for the elements in the ring of continuous piecewise polynomial functions. This new representation is based on the use of a particular class of functions ${\displaystyle }${C_i(P):PinQ[x],i=0,ldots,deg(P)}${\displaystyle }$ defined by ${\displaystyle }$C_i(P)(x)= left{ �egin{array}{cll}0 & mbox{ if } & x leq alpha \ P(x) & mbox{ if } & x geq alpha end{array} ight.${\displaystyle }$ where $alpha$ is the $i$-th real root of the polynomial $P$. These functions will allow us to represent and manipulate easily every continuous piecewise polynomial function through the use of the corresponding canonical form. It will be also shown how to produce a "rational" representation of each function $C_i(P)$ allowing its evaluation by performing only operations in $Q$ and avoiding the use of any real algebraic number.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.6919

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zbMATH Keywords

Pierce-Birkhoff conjectureconversion algorithmscanonical form for functionscontinuous piecewise polynomial functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17) Semialgebraic sets and related spaces (14P10)

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