visualizing nonlinear vector field topology

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Scheuermann, Gerik ^a   Krüger, Heinz ^b   Menzel, Martin ^b   Rockwood, Alyn P ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Clifford algebra; Vector field topology; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER VISION; GEOMETRY; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; POLYNOMIALS; TOPOLOGY; VECTORS;

BILINEAR APPROXIMATION; CLIFFORD ALGEBRA; POINCARE-HOPF THEOREM; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; VECTOR FIELD TOPOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0032046634     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2945.694953     Document Type: Article

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