English

Homeomorphic approximation of the intersection curve of two rational surfaces

Computational Geometry 2012-03-05 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We present an approach of computing the intersection curve C\mathcal{C} of two rational parametric surface §1(u,s)\S_1(u,s) and §2(v,t)\S_2(v,t), one being projectable and hence can easily be implicitized. Plugging the parametric surface to the implicit surface yields a plane algebraic curve G(v,t)=0G(v,t)=0. By analyzing the topology graph \G\G of G(v,t)=0G(v,t)=0 and the singular points on the intersection curve C\mathcal{C} we associate a space topology graph to C\mathcal{C}, which is homeomorphic to C\mathcal{C} and therefore leads us to an approximation for C\mathcal{C} in a given precision.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1203.0442,
  title  = {Homeomorphic approximation of the intersection curve of two rational surfaces},
  author = {Liyong shen and Jin-san Cheng and Xiaohong Jia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.0442},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

18 pages,15 figures