Newton's method, zeroes of vector fields, and the Riemannian center of mass

Advances in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-135

  Groisser, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of mass; Centroid; Convex hull; Nonlinear averaging; Procrustean mean; Shape space

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242726574     PISSN: 01968858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aam.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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