The kernel of a freeform surface and its duality with the convex hull of its tangential surface

International Journal of Shape Modeling

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-142

  Elber, Gershon ^a   Johnstone, John K ^b   Kim, Myung Soo ^c   Seong, Joon Kyung ^d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

B spline; Convex hull; Freeform rational surface; Gamma kernel; Kernel; Symbolic computation; Zero set finding

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; POLYNOMIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONVEX HULLS; FREEFORM RATIONAL SURFACES; SYMBOLIC COMPUTATION; TANGENTIAL SURFACES; ZERO SET FINDING;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

EID: 33845739403     PISSN: 02186543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021865430600086X     Document Type: Article

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