Any open bounded subset of ℝn has the same homotopy type as its medial axis

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1029-1046

  Lieutier, André ^a,b  

^a DASSAULT SYSTÈMES   (France)

^b Équipe VAlidation Spécification et COnstruction de logiciels   (France)

Author keywords

Homotopy; Medial axis; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; TOPOLOGY;

HOMOTOPY; MEDIAL AXIS; SKELETON;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 2942755983     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2004.01.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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