A conformal energy for simplicial surfaces
Differential Geometry
2017-08-25 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
A new functional for simplicial surfaces is suggested. It is invariant with respect to Moebius transformations and is a discrete analogue of the Willmore functional. Minima of this functional are investigated. as an application a bending energy for discrete thin-shells is derived.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0406128,
title = {A conformal energy for simplicial surfaces},
author = {Alexander I. Bobenko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406128},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
12 pages, 6 figures