Spline functions on triangulations

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Spline functions on triangulations

Ming-Jun Lai and Larry L. Schumaker

(Encyclopedia of mathematics and its applications / edited by G.-C. Rota, v. 110)

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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Includes bibliography and index

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Description

Spline functions are universally recognized as highly effective tools in approximation theory, computer-aided geometric design, image analysis, and numerical analysis. The theory of univariate splines is well known but this text is the first comprehensive treatment of the analogous bivariate theory. A detailed mathematical treatment of polynomial splines on triangulations is outlined, providing a basis for developing practical methods for using splines in numerous application areas. The detailed treatment of the Bernstein-Bezier representation of polynomials will provide a valuable source for researchers and students in CAGD. Chapters on smooth macro-element spaces will allow engineers and scientists using the FEM method to solve partial differential equations numerically with new tools. Workers in the geosciences will find new tools for approximation and data fitting on the sphere. Ideal as a graduate text in approximation theory, and as a source book for courses in computer-aided geometric design or in finite-element methods.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. Bivariate polynomials
  • 2. Bernstein-Bezier methods for bivariate polynomials
  • 3. B-patches
  • 4. Triangulations and quadrangulations
  • 5. Bernstein-Bezier methods for spline spaces
  • 6. C1 Macro-element spaces
  • 7. C2 Macro-element spaces
  • 8. Cr Macro-element spaces
  • 9. Dimension of spline splines
  • 10. Approximation power of spline spaces
  • 11. Stable local minimal determining sets
  • 12. Bivariate box splines
  • 13. Spherical splines
  • 14. Approximation power of spherical splines
  • 15. Trivariate polynomials
  • 16. Tetrahedral partitions
  • 17. Trivariate splines
  • 18. Trivariate macro-element spaces
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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  • NCID
    BA81460066
  • ISBN
    • 9780521875929
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 592 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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