An O(h2n) Hermite approximation for conic sections

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-151

  Floater, Michael S ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conic sections; High order approximation; Splines

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ERRORS; INTERPOLATION; NUMBER THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; SPLINES;

CONIC SECTIONS; COUNTING MULTIPLICITY; ERROR BOUND; HERMITE APPROXIMATIONS; POSITIVE ODD INTEGER;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0031078287     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8396(96)00025-8     Document Type: Article

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