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Topics in algebraic geometry and geometric modeling : Workshop on Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling, July 29-August 2, 2002, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania / Ron Goldman, Rimvydas Krasauskas, editors.

Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA565 .W76 2002
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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Contributor:
Goldman, Ron, 1947-
Krasauskas, Rimvydas, 1958-
Conference Name:
Workshop on Algebraic Geometry and Geometric Modeling (2002 : Vilnius University)
Series:
Contemporary mathematics (American Mathematical Society) ; 334.
Contemporary mathematics ; 334
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Curves on surfaces--Mathematical models--Congresses.
Curves on surfaces.
Geometry, Algebraic--Congresses.
Geometry, Algebraic.
Curves on surfaces--Mathematical models.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
x, 366 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Place of Publication:
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, [2003]
Contents:
Modeling Curves and Surfaces
Polar forms in geometric modeling and algebraic geometry / Ron Goldman 3
Interference analysis of conics and quadrics / Wenping Wang, Rimvydas Krasauskas 25
Geometrically continuous octahedron / Raimundas Vidunas 37
Multisided Patches
Smoothness, fairness and the need for better multi-sided patches / Jorg Peters 55
Toric Bezier patches with depth / Rimvydas Krasauskas, Ron Goldman 65
On the uniqueness of barycentric coordinates / Joe Warren 93
Rational M-patches and tensor-border patches / Kestutis Karciauskas 101
Implicitization and Parametrization
Curves, surfaces, and syzygies / David Cox 131
Implicitizing rational surfaces with base points using the method of moving surfaces / Jianmin Zheng, Thomas W. Sederberg, Eng-Wee Chionh, David A. Cox 151
Overview of approximate implicitization / Tor Dokken, Jan Brede Thomassen 169
Algorithms for rational surfaces / Josef Schicho 185
Toric Varieties
What is a toric variety? / David Cox 203
Toric ideals, real toric varieties, and the moment map / Frank Sottile 225
Universal rational parametrizations and toric varieties / David Cox, Rimvydas Krasauskas, Mircea Mustata 241
Real structures on smooth compact toric surfaces / Claire Delaunay 267
Mixed Volume and Resultants
Why polyhedra matter in non-linear equation solving / J. Maurice Rojas 293
Using projection operators in computer aided geometric design / Laurent Buse, Mohamed Elkadi, Bernard Mourrain 321
On combinatorial coefficients and the Gelfond-Khovanskii residue formula / Ivan Soprounov 343
On the determination of the degree of an equation obtained by elimination / Ferdinand Minding 351.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0821834207
OCLC:
53019300

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