On construction of bivariate and trivariate vertex splines on arbitrary mixed grid partitions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lai, Ming-Jun, 1956-
Other Authors: Curry, Guy L. (degree committee member.), Schumaker, Larry L. (degree committee member.), Ward, Joseph D. (degree committee member.)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: 1989.
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Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Abstract:The procedures for constructing vertex splines in various spline spaces [see PDF for symbol] in the bivariate and trivariate settings are described and approximation formulas based on these vertex splines are constructed in this thesis. These vertex splines span a super spline subspace of [see PDF for symbol] and the optimal approximation order of [see PDF for symbol] is attained by using these approximation formulas. Here, [see PDF for symbol] stands for the following space of all piecewise polynomial functions of degree d and of smoothness order r on a given grid partition Δ: (i) r (greater than or equal to sign) 1, d (greater than or equal to sign) 3r + 2, and Δ consists of triangles and parallelograms in the bivariate setting; (ii) r=1, d=7, and Δ consists of tetrahedral and satisfies that the number of tetrahedra around each nonsingular edge is odd in the trivariate setting; (iii) r (greater than or equal to sign) 1, d (greater than or equal to sign) 6r + 3, and Δ consists of tetrahedra in the trivariate setting; and (iv) r (greater than or equal to sign) 1, d (greater than or equal to sign) 8r + 1, and Δ consists of tetrahedra, prisms and parallelepipeds in the trivariate setting.
Item Description:Typescript (photocopy).
Vita.
"Major subject: Mathematics."
Physical Description:viii, 139 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.