A characterization of helical polynomial curves of any degree

We give a full characterization of helical polynomial curves of any degree and a simple way to construct them. Existing results about Hermite interpolation are revisited. A simple method to select the best quintic interpolant among all possible solutions is suggested.      

Hermite interpolation by Pythagorean hodograph curves of degree seven

Polynomial Pythagorean hodograph (PH) curves form a remarkable subclass of polynomial parametric curves; they are distinguished by having a polynomial arc length function and rational offsets (parallel curves). Many related references can be found in the article by Farouki and Neff on Hermite interpolation with PH quintics. We extend the Hermite interpolation scheme by taking additional curvature information at the segment boundaries into account. As a result we obtain a new construction of curvature continuous polynomial PH spline curves. We discuss Hermite interpolation of boundary data (points, first derivatives, and curvatures) with PH curves of degree 7. It is shown that up to eight possible solutions can be found by computing the roots of two quartic polynomials. With the help of the canonical Taylor expansion of planar curves, we analyze the existence and shape of the solutions. More precisely, for Hermite data which are taken from an analytical curve, we study the behaviour of the solutions for decreasing stepsize . It is shown that a regular solution is guaranteed to exist for sufficiently small stepsize , provided that certain technical assumptions are satisfied. Moreover, this solution matches the shape of the original curve; the approximation order is 6. As a consequence, any given curve, which is assumed to be (curvature continuous) and to consist of analytical segments can approximately be converted into polynomial PH form. The latter assumption is automatically satisfied by the standard curve representations of Computer Aided Geometric Design, such as Bézier or B-spline curves. The conversion procedure acts locally, without any need for solving a global system of equations. It produces polynomial PH spline curves of degree 7.

     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Superscript>1</Superscript> Hermite interpolation by Pythagorean hodograph quintics in Minkowski space

Curves in the Minkowski space are very well suited to describe the medial axis transform (MAT) of planar domains. Among them, Minkowski Pythagorean hodograph (MPH) curves correspond to domains where both the boundaries and their offsets admit rational parameterizations (Choi et al., Comput Aided Design 31:59–72, 1999; Moon, Comput Aided Geom Design 16:739–753; 1999). We construct MPH quintics which interpolate two points with associated first derivative vectors and analyze the properties of the system of solutions, including the approximation order of the ‘best’ interpolant.      

Pythagorean Bézier速端曲线及其等距线

１．引言 工业领域里的许多ＣＡＤ／ＣＡＭ系统,往往需要建立有关几何模型的连续、自动的数控刀具轨迹．例如,数控加工机床的刀具中心轨迹的计算,在纺织和制鞋业中,缝纫机械和自动化工业中铣床的数据控制,以及汽车外形设计,机器人的运动轨迹等都涉及到等距线和等距面的有效设计和计算［１,３,４,１０］ 一般地,具有给定函数类形式的曲线（面）的等距线（面）,常常不能被精确地表示为同类函数形式．例如,有理函数形式的参数曲线（面）的等距线（面）通常不再是有理的曲线（面）,而是参数 ｔ的无理向量函数形式［３,４,１０］…     

A unified Pythagorean hodograph approach to the medial axis transform and offset approximation

Algorithms based on Pythagorean hodographs (PH) in the Euclidean plane and in Minkowski space share common goals, the main one being rationality of offsets of planar domains. However, only separate interpolation techniques based on these curves can be found in the literature. It was recently revealed that rational PH curves in the Euclidean plane and in Minkowski space are very closely related. In this paper, we continue the discussion of the interplay between spatial MPH curves and their associated planar PH curves from the point of view of Hermite interpolation. On the basis of this approach we design a new, simple interpolation algorithm. The main advantage of the unifying method presented lies in the fact that it uses, after only some simple additional computations, an arbitrary algorithm for interpolation using planar PH curves also for interpolation using spatial MPH curves. We present the functionality of our method for G¹ Hermite data; however, one could also obtain higher order algorithms.     

Geometric Hermite interpolation by spatial Pythagorean-hodograph cubics

It is shown that, depending upon the orientation of the end tangents t₀,t₁ relative to the end point displacement vector p=p₁–p₀, the problem of G¹ Hermite interpolation by PH cubic segments may admit zero, one, or two distinct solutions. For cases where two interpolants exist, the bending energy may be used to select among them. In cases where no solution exists, we determine the minimal adjustment of one end tangent that permits a spatial PH cubic Hermite interpolant. The problem of assigning tangents to a sequence of points p₀,...,p_n in R³, compatible with a G¹ piecewise-PH-cubic spline interpolating those points, is also briefly addressed. The performance of these methods, in terms of overall smoothness and shape-preservation properties of the resulting curves, is illustrated by a selection of computed examples.     

Tornado-shaped curves

In Advanced Calculus, our students wonder if it is possible to graphically represent a tornado by means of a three-dimensional curve. In this paper, we show it is possible by providing the parametric equations of such tornado-shaped curves.     

Constructing C3 shape preserving interpolating space curves

We present a method for constructing shape-preserving C ³ interpolants in R ³. The resulting curve is obtained by adding a polynomial perturbation of high degree to a curve which is shape-preserving but not sufficiently smooth. The degree of the perturbed curve is selected in order to maintain the shape properties of the basic curve.     

On the Halphen transform of algebraic space curves

The Halphen transform of a plane curve is the curve obtained by intersecting the tangent lines of the curve with the corresponding polar lines with respect to some conic. This transform was introduced by Halphen as a branch desingularization method in [5 Halphen, G. H. (1876). Sur une série de courbes analogues aux développées. J. Math. Pures Appl. 3e série, tome 2:87–144. [Google Scholar]] and has also been studied in [2 Coolidge, J. L. (2004). A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1959, xxiv+513 pp. [Google Scholar], 8 Josse, A. (1995). Transformation d’Halphen. (French) [The Halphen transform]. Commun. Algebra 23(12):4343–4364.[Taylor & Francis Online] , [Google Scholar]]. We extend this notion to the Halphen transform of a space curve and study several of its properties (birationality, degree, rank, class, desingularization).     

三维洛仑兹空间形式中的类光曲线

讨论三维洛仑兹空间形式中的类光曲线粒子模型,研究依赖于粒子轨道的Cartan曲率的作用,找出了沿着极值曲线的Killing场,通过Killing场构造合适的坐标系,用积分求出极值曲线的参数表达式.     

光滑曲线与可求长曲线

一些高等数学(微积分)教材在推导曲线长度计算公式时,都假定了“光滑曲线”这一条件.指出光滑性不是建立弧长计算公式的必要条件,在导数x(′t),y′(t)可积的条件下建立了弧长计算公式.     

On the intersection of Hermitian curves and of Hermitian surfaces

Kestenband [Unital intersections in finite projective planes, Geom. Dedicata 11(1) (1981) 107–117; Degenerate unital intersections in finite projective planes, Geom. Dedicata 13(1) (1982) 101–106] determines the structure of the intersection of two Hermitian curves of PG(2,q²), degenerate or not. In this paper we give a new proof of Kestenband's results. Giuzzi [Hermitian varieties over finite field, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Sussex, 2001] determines the structure of the intersection of two non-degenerate Hermitian surfaces and of PG(3,q²) when the Hermitian pencil defined by and contains at least one degenerate Hermitian surface. We give a new proof of Giuzzi's results and we obtain some new results in the open case when all the Hermitian surfaces of the Hermitian pencil are non-degenerate.     

Contributions to differential geometry of isotropic curves in the complex space

This work deals with classical differential geometry of isotropic curves in the complex space C⁴. First, we study spherical isotropic curves and pseudo helices. Besides, in this section we introduce some special isotropic helices (type-1, type-2 and type-3 isotropic slant helices) and express some characterizations of them in terms of É. Cartan equations. Thereafter, we prove that position vector of an isotropic curve satisfies a vector differential equation of fourth order. Finally, we investigate position vector of an arbitrary curve with respect to É. Cartan frame by a system of complex differential equations whose solution gives components of the position vector. Solutions of the mentioned system and vector differential equation have not yet been found. Therefore, in terms of special cases, we present some special characterizations.     

由渐近线和测地线条件确定的两种螺旋线

在螺旋线的副法线面上,由一条特殊曲线分别成为渐近线和测地线的几何条件得到两种特殊的螺旋线.     

Arc Length Estimation and the Convergence of Polynomial Curve Interpolation

When fitting parametric polynomial curves to sequences of points or derivatives we have to choose suitable parameter values at the interpolation points. This paper investigates the effect of the parameterization on the approximation order of the interpolation. We show that chord length parameter values yield full approximation order when the polynomial degree is at most three. We obtain full approximation order for arbitrary degree by developing an algorithm which generates more and more accurate approximations to arc length: the lengths of the segments of an interpolant of one degree provide parameter intervals for interpolants of degree two higher. The algorithm can also be used to estimate the length of a curve and its arc-length derivatives. AMS subject classification (2000) 65D05, 65D10     

两种特殊的螺旋线

通过对螺旋线主法线面上一些特殊曲线的研究,得到了两种螺旋线的特征.     

Enriched spin curves on stable curves with two components

In [7], Mainò constructed a moduli space for enriched stable curves, by blowing-up the moduli space of Deligne–Mumford stable curves. We introduce enriched spin curves, showing that a parameter space for these objects is obtained by blowing-up the moduli space of spin curves. The author was partially supported by CNPq (Proc.151610/2005-3) and by Faperj (Proc.E-26/152-629/2005).     

On Vertices, focal curvatures and differential geometry of space curves

The focal curve of an immersed smooth curve γ : θ ↦ γ (θ), in Euclidean space ℝ^m+1, consists of the centres of its osculating hyperspheres. This curve may be parametrised in terms of the Frenet frame of γ (t, n₁, . . . , n_m), as C_γ (θ) = (γ +c₁n₁+ c₂n₂ + • • • + c_mn_m)(θ), where the coefficients c₁, . . . , c_m-1 are smooth functions that we call the focal curvatures of γ . We discovered a remarkable formula relating the Euclidean curvatures κ_i , i = 1, . . . ,m, of γ with its focal curvatures. We show that the focal curvatures satisfy a system of Frenet equations (not vectorial, but scalar!). We use the properties of the focal curvatures in order to give, for ℓ = 1, . . . ,m, necessary and sufficient conditions for the radius of the osculating ℓ-dimensional sphere to be critical. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for a point of γ to be a vertex. Finally, we show explicitly the relations of the Frenet frame and the Euclidean curvatures of γ with the Frenet frame and the Euclidean curvatures of its focal curve C_γ.     

Asymptotics of Christoffel functions on arcs and curves

For a system of smooth Jordan curves and arcs asymptotics for Christoffel functions is established. A separate new method is developed to handle the upper and lower estimates. In the course to the upper bound a theorem of Widom on the norm of Chebyshev polynomials is generalized.