Abstract
A canal surface is the envelope of a one-parameter set of spheres with radii r(t) and centers m(t). It is shown that any canal surface to a rational spine curve m(t) and a rational radius function r(t) possesses rational parametrizations. We derive algorithms for the computation of these parametrizations and put particular emphasis on low degree representations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 255-266 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Symbolic Computation |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Computational Mathematics