Result: Preserving computational topology by subdivision of quadratic and cubic Bézier curves

Title:
Preserving computational topology by subdivision of quadratic and cubic Bézier curves
Source:
Special issue on geometric modeling (Dagstuhl 2005)Computing (Wien. Print). 79(2-4):317-323
Publisher Information:
Wien: Springer, 2007.
Publication Year:
2007
Physical Description:
print, 18 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-2155, United States
ISSN:
0010-485X
Rights:
Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems

Mathematics
Accession Number:
edscal.18791840
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

Non-self-intersection is both a topological and a geometric property. It is known that non-self-intersecting regular Bézier curves have non-self-intersecting control polygons, after sufficiently many uniform subdivisions. Here a sufficient condition is given within R3 for a non-self-intersecting, regular C2 cubic Bézier curve to be ambient isotopic to its control polygon formed after sufficiently many subdivisions. The benefit of using the control polygon as an approximant for scientific visualization is presented in this paper.