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A Novel Bijective Angle and Volume-preservation Balanced Parameterization for $n$-dimensional Manifolds

Numerical Analysis 2026-08-02 v1

Abstract

We propose a unified framework for balanced and bijective parameterizations of nn-dimensional manifolds. The proposed energy combines conformal and volume-preserving terms to control both local anisotropy and volumetric distortion. At the continuous level, both energies are nonnegative and their zero-energy mappings are characterized. At the discrete level, the conformal, volume-preserving, and logarithmic barrier energies are formulated on oriented simplicial manifolds. A key result is that all their gradients admit a unified cotangent Laplacian-type representation, enabling sparse and dimension-independent computation. Bijectivity is enforced through signed simplex Jacobians, feasibility restoration, and a strictly orientation-preserving logarithmic barrier. The framework applies uniformly to spherical boundary parameterizations and parameterizations of discrete nn-manifolds onto ball-like canonical domains.

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@article{arxiv.2608.01073,
  title  = {A Novel Bijective Angle and Volume-preservation Balanced Parameterization for $n$-dimensional Manifolds},
  author = {Tiexiang Li and Wen-Wei Lin and Zhong-Heng Tan and Xiao Wan and Junxin Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.01073},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages