Subharmonicity and convexity properties of Bernstein polynomials and Bezier nets on triangles

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-300

  Lorente Pardo, J ^a   Sablonniere P ^b   Serrano Perez M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSA DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; POLYNOMIALS;

AXIAL CONVEXITY; BERNSTEIN POLYNOMIALS; BEZIER NETS; POLYHEDRAL CONVEXITY;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0033548977     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8396(98)00050-8     Document Type: Article

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