Identification of inflection points and cusps on rational curves

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-497

  Li, Yong Ming ^a   Cripps, Robert J ^b  

^a Intergraph Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cusps; Inflection points; Rational parametric curves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

CUSPS; INFLECTION POINTS; RATIONAL PARAMETRIC CURVES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0031163962     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8396(96)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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