Boundary evaluation algorithms for Minkowski combinations of complex sets using topological analysis of implicit curves

Numerical Algorithms

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-283

  Farouki, Rida T ^a   Han, Chang Yong ^a   Hass, Joel ^b  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary evaluation; Curve description algorithm; Horner terms; Implicit curves; Matching condition; Minkowski geometric algebra; Minkowski sums and products; Planar swept volumes; Topological configuration

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844588436     PISSN: 10171398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11075-005-4565-9     Document Type: Article

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