Parametric splines on a hyperbolic paraboloid

摘要

A hyperbolic paraboloid over a tetrahedron, constructed in B–B algebraic reduced form with its barycentric coordinate system, can be conveniently represented by two parameters. An arc on the surface, obtained by determining a type of function relation about the two parameters, has multiformity and consistent endpoint properties. We analyze the equivalence and boundedness of an arc’s curvature, and give a process of the proof. These arcs can be connected into an approximate G2-continuity space curve for fitting to a sequence of points with their advantages, and the curves, connected by this type arcs, are quite different from other algebraic and parametric splines.