Elastic splines I: existence

DOI10.1007/S00365-014-9244-4MaRDI QIDQ485336zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael J. Johnson, Albert Borbély

Publication date 9 January 2015

Published in Constructive Approximation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.5248

zbMATH Keywords

bending energycurve fittingelasticainterpolationnonlinear splinespline

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interpolation in approximation theory (41A05) Spline approximation (41A15) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

Abstract: Given interpolation points $P_1,P_2,ldots,P_n$ in the plane, it is known that there does not exist an interpolating curve with minimal bending energy, unless the given points lie sequentially along a line. We say than an interpolating curve is {it admissable} if each piece, connecting two consecutive points $P_i$ and $P_{i+1}$, is an s-curve, where an {it s-curve} is a planar curve which first turns at most $180^{c}irc$ in one direction and then turns at most $180^{c}irc$ in the opposite direction. Our main result is that among all admissable interpolating curves there exists a curve with minimal bending energy. We also prove, in a very constructive manner, the existence of an s-curve, with minimal bending energy, which connects two given unit tangent vectors.

Review text

Curves in two dimensions are studied in this article which are to be used as interpolants to given \(m\) points and that are of minimal bending energy. These curves are selected from a specific set of admissible interpolation curves, where an interpolating curve is called admissible if each of its pieces connecting two points to be interpolated is a so-called \(s\)-curve. Such an \(s\)-curve in turn is defined by the condition that it turns (either counter-clockwise or clockwise) at most angle \(\pi\) monotonically in one direction, and then at most angle \(\pi\) monotonically in the other direction.

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