Geometric modeling with splines : an introduction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cohen, Elaine, 1944-
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Riesenfeld, Richard F., Elber, Gershon, 1960-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Natick, Mass. : AK Peters, ©2001.
Subjects:	Curves on surfaces > Mathematical models. Surfaces > Mathematical models. Spline theory. Computer-aided design. Courbes sur les surfaces > Modèles mathématiques. Théorie des splines. Conception assistée par ordinateur. computer-aided design (process) Computer-aided design Curves on surfaces > Mathematical models Spline theory Surfaces > Mathematical models Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

I. Introduction. 1. Review of Basic Concepts
II. Curves. 2. Representation Issues. 3. Conic Sections. 4. Differential Geometry for Space Curves. 5. Bezier Curves and Bernstein Approximation. 6. B-Spline Curves. 7. Linear Spaces of B-Splines. 8. Choosing a B-Spline Space. 9. Data Fitting with B-Splines. 10. Other Polynomial Bases for Interpolation. 11. Other Derivations of B-Splines
III. Surfaces. 12. Differential Geometry for Surfaces. 13. Surface Representations. 14. Fitting Surfaces. 15. Modeling with B-Spline Surfaces
IV. Advanced Techniques. 16. Subdivision and Refinement for Splines. 17. Subdivision and Refinement in Modeling. 18. Set Operations to Effect Modeling. 19. Model Data Structures.