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B\'ezier splines are widely available in various systems with the curves and surface designs. In general, the B\'ezier spline can be specified with the B\'ezier curve segments and a B\'ezier curve segment can be fitted to any number of…
We give an algorithm for approximating a given plane curve segment by a planar elastic curve. The method depends on an analytic representation of the space of elastic curve segments, together with a geometric method for obtaining a good…
As a parametric polynomial curve family, B\'ezier curves are widely used in safe and smooth motion design of intelligent robotic systems from flying drones to autonomous vehicles to robotic manipulators. In such motion planning settings,…
Approximating complex curves with simple parametric curves is widely used in CAGD, CG, and CNC. This paper presents an algorithm to compute a certified approximation to a given parametric space curve with cubic B-spline curves. By…
In this paper, we propose a method to obtain a constrained approximation of a rational B\'{e}zier curve by a polynomial B\'{e}zier curve. This problem is reformulated as an approximation problem between two polynomial B\'{e}zier curves…
Euler's elastica is a classical model of flexible slender structures, relevant in many industrial applications. Static equilibrium equations can be derived via a variational principle. The accurate approximation of solutions of this problem…
B\'ezier curves are a widespread tool for the design of curves in Euclidian space. This paper generalizes the notion of B\'ezier curves to the infinite-dimensional space of images. To this end the space of images is equipped with a…
In this paper, we present a novel approach to the problem of merging of B\'ezier curves with respect to the $L_2$-norm. We give illustrative examples to show that the solution of the conventional merging problem may not be suitable for…
In this paper, we propose a linear method for $C^{(r,s)}$ approximation of rational B\'{e}zier curve with arbitrary degree polynomial curve. Based on weighted least-squares, the problem be converted to an approximation between two…
As a parametric motion representation, B\'ezier curves have significant applications in polynomial trajectory optimization for safe and smooth motion planning of various robotic systems, including flying drones, autonomous vehicles, and…
This paper deals with the problem of multi-degree reduction of a composite B\'ezier curve with the parametric continuity constraints at the endpoints of the segments. We present a novel method which is based on the idea of using constrained…
We study variational problems for curves approximated by B-spline curves. We show that, one can obtain discrete Euler-Lagrange equations, for the data describing the approximated curves. Our main application is to the curve completion…
The preservation of ambient isotopic equivalence under piecewise linear (PL) approximation for smooth knots are prominent in molecular modeling and simulation. Sufficient conditions are given regarding: (1) Hausdorff distance, and (2) a sum…
We address the problem, not of the determination -- which usually needs numerical methods -- but of an accurate analytical estimation of the distance of a raw elasticity tensor to cubic symmetry and to orthotropy. We point out that there…
This tutorial explains how to use piecewise cubic B\'ezier curves to draw arbitrarily oriented ellipses and elliptical arcs. The geometric principles discussed here result in strikingly simple interfaces for graphics functions that can draw…
A new algorithm for computing a point on a polynomial or rational curve in B\'{e}zier form is proposed. The method has a geometric interpretation and uses only convex combinations of control points. The new algorithm's computational…
Properties of a parametric curve in R^3 are often determined by analysis of its piecewise linear (PL) approximation. For Bezier curves, there are standard algorithms, known as subdivision, that recursively create PL curves that converge to…
The closest tensors of higher symmetry classes are derived in explicit form for a given elasticity tensor of arbitrary symmetry. The mathematical problem is to minimize the elastic length or distance between the given tensor and the closest…
We construct a method to fair a given discrete planar curve by using the integrable discrete analogue of Euler's elastica, which is a discrete version of the approximation algorithm presented by D. Brander, et al. We first give a brief…
B\'ezier curves provide the basic building blocks of graphic design in 2D. In this paper, we port B\'ezier curves to manifolds. We support the interactive drawing and editing of B\'ezier splines on manifold meshes with millions of…