The focal geometry of circular and conical meshes

Advances in Computational Mathematics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-268

  Pottmann, Helmut ^a   Wallner, Johannes ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR DISKRETE MATHEMATIK UND GEOMETRIE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Architectural design; Circular meshes; Conical meshes; Discrete differential geometry; Focal meshes; Geometric modeling; Integrable systems; Offset meshes; Quadrilateral meshes

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049118713     PISSN: 10197168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10444-007-9045-4     Document Type: Article

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