On the computational geometry of ruled surfaces

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-32

  Peternell, Martin ^a   Pottmann, Helmut ^a   Ravani, Bahram ^b,c,d,e  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; SURFACES; TENSORS; VECTORS;

BEZIER PATCHES; CONTOUR OUTLINES; KLEIN IMAGE; LINE GEOMETRY; PLANAR INTERSECTIONS; PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY; RULED SURFACES; SILHOUETTES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0032639256     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4485(98)00077-3     Document Type: Article

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