Local modification of Pythagorean-hodograph quintic spline curves using the B-spline form

The problems of determining the B–spline form of a C ² Pythagorean–hodograph (PH) quintic spline curve interpolating given points, and of using this form to make local modifications, are addressed. To achieve the correct order of continuity, a quintic B–spline basis constructed on a knot sequence in which each (interior) knot is of multiplicity 3 is required. C ² quintic bases on uniform triple knots are constructed for both open and closed C ² curves, and are used to derive simple explicit formulae for the B–spline control points of C ² PH quintic spline curves. These B-spline control points are verified, and generalized to the case of non–uniform knots, by applying a knot removal scheme to the Bézier control points of the individual PH quintic spline segments, associated with a set of six–fold knots. Based on the B–spline form, a scheme for the local modification of planar PH quintic splines, in response to a control point displacement, is proposed. Only two contiguous spline segments are modified, but to preserve the PH nature of the modified segments, the continuity between modified and unmodified segments must be relaxed from C ² to C ¹. A number of computed examples are presented, to compare the shape quality of PH quintic and “ordinary” cubic splines subject to control point modifications.     

A family of quintic cyclic fields with even class number parameterized by rational points on an elliptic curve

We give a family of quintic cyclic fields with even class number parametrized by rational points on an elliptic curve associated with Emma Lehmer's quintic polynomial. Further, we use the arithmetic of elliptic curves and the Chebotarev density theorem to show that there are infinitely many such fields.     

Low-degree points on Hurwitz-Klein curves

We investigate low-degree points on the Fermat curve of degree 13, the Snyder quintic curve and the Klein quartic curve. We compute all quadratic points on these curves and use Coleman's effective Chabauty method to obtain bounds for the number of cubic points on each of the former two curves.

     

带两个形状参数的五次Bézier曲线的扩展

给出了一组含有两个形状参数α,β的六次多项式基函数,是五次Bernstein基函数的扩展,分析了这组基的性质;基于这组基定义了带两个形状参数的多项式曲线,所定义的曲线具有五次Bézier曲线的性质,改变参数α,β的取值,曲线具有更灵活的形状可调性,而且能向上或从两侧逼近控制多边形.另外,经典的五次Bézier曲线和有关文献中带一个形状参数的曲线均是该文所定义曲线的特例.实例表明,定义的曲线为曲线/曲面的设计提供了一种有效的方法.     

Identification of Planar Sextic Pythagorean-Hodograph Curves

Pythagorean-hodograph (PH) curves offer computational advantages in Computer Aided Geometric Design, Computer Aided Design, Computer Graphics, Computer Numerical Control machining and similar applications. In this paper, three methods are utilized to construct the identifications of planar regular sextic PH curves. The first exhibits purely the control polygon legs'' constraints in the complex form. Such reconstruction of a PH sextic can be elaborated by $C^1$ Hermite data and another one condition. The second uses polar representation in two cases. One of them can produce a family of convex sextic PH curves related with a quintic PH curve, and the other one may naturally degenerate a sextic PH curve to a quintic PH curve. In the third identification, we use some odd PH curves to construct a family of sextic PH curves with convexity-preserving property.     

Interpolation by $G^2$ Quintic Pythagorean-Hodograph Curves

In this paper, the $G^2$ interpolation by Pythagorean-hodograph (PH) quintic curves in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $d ≥2$, is considered. The obtained results turn out as a useful tool in practical applications. Independently of the dimension $d$, they supply a $G^2$ quintic PH spline that locally interpolates two points, two tangent directions and two curvature vectors at these points. The interpolation problem considered is reduced to a system of two polynomial equations involving only tangent lengths of the interpolating curve as unknowns. Although several solutions might exist, the way to obtain the most promising one is suggested based on a thorough asymptotic analysis of the smooth data case. The numerical algorithm traces this solution from a particular set of data to the general case by a homotopy continuation method. Numerical examples confirm the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at degenerate singular points in a quintic polynomial differential system

The center problem and bifurcation of limit cycles for degenerate singular points are far to be solved in general. In this paper, we study center conditions and bifurcation of limit cycles at the degenerate singular point in a class of quintic polynomial vector field with a small parameter and eight normal parameters. We deduce a recursion formula for singular point quantities at the degenerate singular points in this system and reach with relative ease an expression of the first five quantities at the degenerate singular point. The center conditions for the degenerate singular point of this system are derived. Consequently, we construct a quintic system, which can bifurcates 5 limit cycles in the neighborhood of the degenerate singular point. The positions of these limit cycles can be pointed out exactly without constructing Poincaré cycle fields. The technique employed in this work is essentially different from more usual ones. The recursion formula we present in this paper for the calculation of singular point quantities at degenerate singular point is linear and then avoids complex integrating operations.     

A note on Pythagorean hodograph quartic spiral

By using the geometric constraints on the control polygon of a Pythagorean hodograph (PH) quartic curve, we propose a sufficient condition for this curve to have monotone curvature and provide the detailed proof. Based on the results, we discuss the construction of spiral PH quartic curves between two given points and formulate the transition curve of a G² contact between two circles with one circle inside another circle. In particular, we deduce an attainable range of the distance between the centers of the two circles and summarize the algorithm for implementation. Compared with the construction of a PH quintic curve, the complexity of the solution of the equation for obtaining the transition curves is reduced.     

Smooth polynomial approximation of spiral arcs

Constructing fair curve segments using parametric polynomials is difficult due to the oscillatory nature of polynomials. Even NURBS curves can exhibit unsatisfactory curvature profiles. Curve segments with monotonic curvature profiles, for example spiral arcs, exist but are intrinsically non-polynomial in nature and thus difficult to integrate into existing CAD systems. A method of constructing an approximation to a generalised Cornu spiral (GCS) arc using non-rational quintic Bézier curves matching end points, end slopes and end curvatures is presented. By defining an objective function based on the relative error between the curvature profiles of the GCS and its Bézier approximation, a curve segment is constructed that has a monotonic curvature profile within a specified tolerance.     

参数五次GC^2 Hermite插值

本文研究几何Ｈｅｒｍｉｔｅ插值问题,对于给定的切矢和曲率,导出了一条分段五次Ｂｅｚｉｅｒ插值曲线。该曲线的所有Ｂｅｚｉｅｒ点由已知的曲率、切矢和型值点直接计算生成,曲线是ＧＣ＾２连续的和局部的。最后,给出了一个数值实例。     

一类C^3—连续的B—型样条曲线及其插值与逼近性

本文提出一类Ｃ３－连续的带有因子的Ｂ－型参数样条曲线,它的每一段只要四个 控制点就能生成,可用它直接插值或逼近于任意控制点或对控制边多边形作局部或整体逼 近。利用因子间的某些关系可将其次数降到最低．与普通的四次Ｂ－样条曲线相比,这类 曲线更加方便灵活。     

Bifurcations of limit cycles from infinity for a class of quintic polynomial system

In this work, we use an indirect method to investigate bifurcations of limit cycles at infinity for a class of quintic polynomial system, in which the problem for bifurcations of limit cycles from infinity be transferred into that from the origin. By the computation of singular point values, the conditions of the origin (correspondingly, infinity) to be the highest degree fine focus are derived. Consequently, we construct a quintic system with a small parameter and eight normal parameters, which can bifurcates 1 to 8 limit cycles from infinity respectively, when let normal parameters be suitable values. The positions of these limit cycles without constructing Poincaré cycle fields can be pointed out exactly.     

Mumford curves in a specialized pencil of sextics

We discuss Mumford curves in the pencil on a Del Pezzo quintic surface constructed by Edge [Ed1]. The abstract group structures of the normalizer of the corresponding Schottky groups are described, which give us some knowledges on Mumford loci in moduli space of curves. Received: 5 July 2000 / Accepted: 23 October 2000     

Curves on threefolds and a conjecture of Griffiths–Harris

We prove that any arithmetically Gorenstein curve on a smooth, general hypersurface of degree at least 6, is a complete intersection. This gives a characterisation of complete intersection curves on general type hypersurfaces in . We also verify that certain 1-cycles on a general quintic hypersurface are non-trivial elements of the Griffiths group.     

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.      

Bifurcations of limit cycles in a Z 4-equivariant quintic planar vector field

In this paper, a Z4-equivariant quintic planar vector field is studied. The Hopf bifurcation method and polycycle bifurcation method are combined to study the limit cycles bifurcated from the compounded cycle with 4 hyperbolic saddle points. It is found that this special quintic planar polynomial system has at least four large limit cycles which surround all singular points. By applying the double homoclinic loops bifurcation method and Hopf bifurcation method, we conclude that 28 limit cycles with two different configurations exist in this special planar polynomial system. The results acquired in this paper are useful for studying the weakened 16th Hilbert＇s Problem.     

Quintics with three triple points, sextics with five and degenerations

The note determines the possible limit surfaces in a one-parameter family of quintics with three non-aligned, or sextics with five non-coplanar triple points. The geometry of a general degenerate quintic is also investigated.     

The fairing and G1 continuity of quartic C‐Bézier curves

Quartic C‐Bézier curves possess similar properties with the traditional Bézier curves including terminal property, convex hull property, affine invariance, and approaching the shape of their control polygons as the shape parameter α decreases. In this paper, by adjusting the shape parameter α on the basis of the utilization of the least square approximation and nonlinear functional minimization together with fairing of a quartic C‐Bézier curve with G¹ continuity of quartic C‐Bézier curve segments, we develop a fairing and G¹ continuity algorithm for any given stitching coefficients λ_k(k = 1,2,…,n ? 1). The shape parameters α_i(i=1, 2, …, n) can be adjusted by the value of control points. The curvature of the resulting quartic C‐Bézier curve segments after fairing is more uniform than before. Moreover, six examples are provided in the paper to demonstrate the efficacy of the algorithm and illustrate how to apply this algorithm to the computer‐aided design/computer‐aided manufacturing modeling systems. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Totally Umbilic Isometric Immersions and Curves of Order Two

In this paper we study submanifolds by use of extrinsic shapes of some curves having points of proper order 2, and give a condition that they are totally umbilic. This gives an extension of Nomizu-Yano’s result in [7] on a characterization of extrinsic spheres. The second author is partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (No. 17540072), Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology.     

AnO(h 6) quintic spline collocation method for fourth order two-point boundary value problems

AnO(h ⁶) collocation method based on quintic splines is developed and analyzed for general fourth-order linear two-point boundary value problems. The method determines a quintic spline approximation to the solution by forcing it to satisfy a high order perturbation of the original boundary value problem at the nodal points of the spline. A variation of this method is formulated as a deferred correction method. The error analysis of the new method and its numerical behavior is presented.This research was supported by AFOSR grant 84-0385.