Bézier surfaces of minimal area: The Dirichlet approach

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-136

  Monterde, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

B zier surfaces; Dirichlet functional; Minimal surfaces; Permanence masks; Plateau problem

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

DIRICHLET FUNCTIONAL; MINIMAL SURFACES; PERMANENCE MASKS; PLATEAU PROBLEMS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0347269121     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cagd.2003.07.009     Document Type: Article

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