Estimating normal vectors and curvatures by centroid weights

Computer Aided Geometric Design

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 447-458

  Chen, Sheng Gwo ^a   Wu, Jyh Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Centroid weight; Normal vector; Principal curvature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ESTIMATION; THEOREM PROVING; VECTORS;

CENTROID WEIGHT; NORMAL VECTORS; PRINCIPLE CURVATURES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 2342456421     PISSN: 01678396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cagd.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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