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Juan Monterde
A Property on Singularities of NURBS Curves
We prove that if a.n open Non Uniform Rational B-Spline curve of order k has a singular point, then it belongs to both curves of order k - 1 defined in the k - 2 step of the de Boor algorithm. Moreover, both curves are tangent at the singular point.
Bézier Solutions of the Wave Equation
We study polynomial solutions in the Bezier form of the wave equation in dimensions one and two. We explicitly determine which control points of the Bezier solution at two different times fix the solution.
PDE triangular Bézier surfaces: Harmonic, biharmonic and isotropic surfaces
We approach surface design by solving second-order and fourth-order Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). We present many methods for designing triangular Bézier PDE surfaces given different sets of prescribed control points and including the special cases of harmonic and biharmonic surfaces. Moreover, we introduce and study a second-order and a fourth-order symmetric operator to overcome the anisotropy drawback of the harmonic and biharmonic operators over triangular Bézier surfaces. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Curves with constant curvature ratios
Curves in ${\mathbb R}^n$ for which the ratios between two consecutive curvatures are constant are characterized by the fact that their tangent indicatrix is a geodesic in a flat torus. For $n= 3,4$, spherical curves of this kind are also studied and compared with intrinsic helices in the sphere.
A Characterization of Quintic Helices
A polynomial curve of degree 5, @a, is a helix if and only if both @[email protected]^'@? and @[email protected]^'@[email protected]^''@? are polynomial functions.
An isoperimetric type problem for primitive Pythagorean hodograph curves
An isoperimetric type problem for primitive Pythagorean hodograph curves is studied. We show how to compute, for each possible degree, the Pythagorean hodograph curve of a given perimeter enclosing the greatest area. We also discuss the existence and construction of smooth solutions, obtaining a relationship with an interesting sequence of Appell polynomials.
Explicit polynomial solutions of fourth order linear elliptic Partial Differential Equations for boundary based smooth surface generation
We present an explicit polynomial solution method for surface generation. In this case the surface in question is characterized by some boundary configuration whereby the resulting surface conforms to a fourth order linear elliptic Partial Differential Equation, the Euler–Lagrange equation of a quadratic functional defined by a norm. In particular, the paper deals with surfaces generated as explicit Bézier polynomial solutions for the chosen Partial Differential Equation. To present the explicit solution methodologies adopted here we divide the Partial Differential Equations into two groups namely the orthogonal and the non-orthogonal cases. In order to demonstrate our methodology we discus…
Eulerian models of the rotating flexible wheelset for high frequency railway dynamics
Abstract In this paper three formulations based on an Eulerian approach are presented to obtain the dynamic response of an elastic solid of revolution, which rotates around its main axis at constant angular velocity. The formulations are especially suitable for the study of the interaction of a solid with a non-rotating structure, such as occurs in the coupled dynamics of a railway wheelset with the track. With respect to previous publications that may adopt similar hypotheses, this paper proposes more compact formulations and eliminates certain numerical problems associated with the presence of second-order derivatives with respect to the spatial coordinates. Three different models are dev…
Quillen superconnections and connections on supermanifolds
Given a supervector bundle $E = E_0\oplus E_1 \to M$, we exhibit a parametrization of Quillen superconnections on $E$ by graded connections on the Cartan-Koszul supermanifold $(M;\Omega (M))$. The relation between the curvatures of both kind of connections, and their associated Chern classes, is discussed in detail. In particular, we find that Chern classes for graded vector bundles on split supermanifolds can be computed through the associated Quillen superconnections.
Bézier solutions of the wave equation
We study polynomial solutions in the Bezier form of the wave equation in dimensions one and two. We explicitly determine which control points of the B´ezier solution at two different times fix the solution.
Bézier surfaces of minimal area: The Dirichlet approach
The Plateau-Bezier problem consists in finding the Bezier surface with minimal area from among all Bezier surfaces with prescribed border. An approximation to the solution of the Plateau-Bezier problem is obtained by replacing the area functional with the Dirichlet functional. Some comparisons between Dirichlet extremals and Bezier surfaces obtained by the use of masks related with minimal surfaces are studied.
Salkowski curves revisited: A family of curves with constant curvature and non-constant torsion
In the paper [Salkowski, E., 1909. Zur Transformation von Raumkurven, Mathematische Annalen 66 (4), 517-557] published one century ago, a family of curves with constant curvature but non-constant torsion was defined. We characterize them as space curves with constant curvature and whose normal vector makes a constant angle with a fixed line. The relation between these curves and rational curves with double Pythagorean hodograph is studied. A method to construct closed curves, including knotted curves, of constant curvature and continuous torsion using pieces of Salkowski curves is outlined.
Using visual modelling to study the evolution of lizard coloration: sexual selection drives the evolution of sexual dichromatism in lacertids
Sexual selection has been invoked as a major force in the evolution of secondary sexual traits, including sexually dimorphic colorations. For example, previous studies have shown that display complexity and elaborate ornamentation in lizards are associated with variables that reflect the intensity of intrasexual selection. However, these studies have relied on techniques of colour analysis based on human – rather than lizard – visual perception. Here, we use reflectance spectrophotometry and visual modelling to quantify sexual dichromatism considering the overall colour patterns of lacertids, a lizard clade in which visual signalling has traditionally been underrated. These objective method…
The Poincar\'e-Cartan Form in Superfield Theory
An intrinsic description of the Hamilton-Cartan formalism for first-order Berezinian variational problems determined by a submersion of supermanifolds is given. This is achieved by studying the associated higher-order graded variational problem through the Poincar\'e-Cartan form. Noether theorem and examples from superfield theory and supermechanics are also discussed.
Jacobi—Nijenhuis manifolds and compatible Jacobi structures
Abstract We propose a definition of Jacobi—Nijenhuis structures, that includes the Poisson—Nijenhuis structures as a particular case. The existence of a hierarchy of compatible Jacobi structures on a Jacobi—Nijenhuis manifold is also obtained.
A general 4th-order PDE method to generate Bézier surfaces from the boundary
In this paper we present a method for generating Bezier surfaces from the boundary information based on a general 4th-order PDE. This is a generalisation of our previous work on harmonic and biharmonic Bezier surfaces whereby we studied the Bezier solutions for Laplace and the standard biharmonic equation, respectively. Here we study the Bezier solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equation associated with the most general quadratic functional. We show that there is a large class of fourth-order operators for which Bezier solutions exist and hence we show that such operators can be utilised to generate Bezier surfaces from the boundary information. As part of this work we present a general method…
A new proof of the existence of hierarchies of Poisson-Nijenhuis structures
Given a Poisson-Nijenhuis manifold, a two-parameter family of Poisson- Nijenhuis structures can be defined. As a consequence we obtain a new and noninductive proof of the existence of hierarchies of Poisson-Nijenhuis structures.
Triangular Bézier Approximations to Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces
We give a method to generate polynomial approximations to constant mean curvature surfaces with prescribed boundary. We address this problem by finding triangular Bezier extremals of the CMC-functional among all polynomial surfaces with a prescribed boundary. Moreover, we analyze the $\mathcal{C}^1$ problem, we give a procedure to obtain solutions once the tangent planes for the boundary curves are also given.
The structure of Fedosov supermanifolds
Abstract Given a supermanifold ( M , A ) which carries a supersymplectic form ω , we study the Fedosov structures that can be defined on it, through a set of tensor fields associated to any symplectic connection ∇ . We give explicit recursive expressions for the resulting curvature and study the particular case of a base manifold M with constant holomorphic sectional curvature.
A third order partial differential equation for isotropic boundary based triangular Bézier surface generation
Abstract We approach surface design by solving a linear third order Partial Differential Equation (PDE). We present an explicit polynomial solution method for triangular Bezier PDE surface generation characterized by a boundary configuration. The third order PDE comes from a symmetric operator defined here to overcome the anisotropy drawback of any operator over triangular Bezier surfaces.
The exterior derivative as a Killing vector field
Among all the homogeneous Riemannian graded metrics on the algebra of differential forms, those for which the exterior derivative is a Killing graded vector field are characterized. It is shown that all of them are odd, and are naturally associated to an underlying smooth Riemannian metric. It is also shown that all of them are Ricci-flat in the graded sense, and have a graded Laplacian operator that annihilates the whole algebra of differential forms.
Singularities of rational Bézier curves
We prove that if an nth degree rational Bezier curve has a singular point, then it belongs to the two (n − 1)th degree rational Bezier curves defined in the (n − 1)th step of the de Casteljau algorithm. Moreover, both curves are tangent at the singular point. A procedure to construct Bezier curves with singularities of any order is given. 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Supermanifolds, Symplectic Geometry and Curvature
We present a survey of some results and questions related to the notion of scalar curvature in the setting of symplectic supermanifolds.
Graded Poisson structures on the algebra of differential forms
We study the graded Poisson structures defined on Ω(M), the graded algebra of differential forms on a smooth manifoldM, such that the exterior derivative is a Poisson derivation. We show that they are the odd Poisson structures previously studied by Koszul, that arise from Poisson structures onM. Analogously, we characterize all the graded symplectic forms on ΩM) for which the exterior derivative is a Hamiltomian graded vector field. Finally, we determine the topological obstructions to the possibility of obtaining all odd symplectic forms with this property as the image by the pullback of an automorphism of Ω(M) of a graded symplectic form of degree 1 with respect to which the exterior der…
Generating harmonic surfaces for interactive design
Abstract A method is given for generating harmonic tensor product Bezier surfaces and the explicit expression of each point in the control net is provided as a linear combination of prescribed boundary control points. The matrix of scalar coefficients of these combinations works like a mould for harmonic surfaces. Thus, real-time manipulation of the resulting surfaces subject to modification of prescribed information is possible.
The Plateau-Bézier Problem
We study the Plateau problem restricted to polynomial surfaces using techniques coming from the theory of Computer Aided Geometric Design. The results can be used to obtain polynomial approximations to minimal surfaces. The relationship between harmonic Bezier surfaces and minimal surfaces with free boundaries is shown.
Existence and uniqueness of solutions to superdifferential equations
Abstract We state and prove the theorem of existence and uniqueness of solutions to ordinary superdifferential equations on supermanifolds. It is shown that any supervector field, X = X0 + X1, has a unique integral flow, Г: R 1¦1 x (M, AM) → (M, AM), satisfying a given initial condition. A necessary and sufficient condition for this integral flow to yield an R 1¦1-action is obtained: the homogeneous components, X0, and, X1, of the given field must define a Lie superalgebra of dimension (1, 1). The supergroup structure on R 1¦1, however, has to be specified: there are three non-isomorphic Lie supergroup structures on R 1¦1, all of which have addition as the group operation in the underlying …
On harmonic and biharmonic Bézier surfaces
We present a new method of surface generation from prescribed boundaries based on the elliptic partial differential operators. In particular, we focus on the study of the so-called harmonic and biharmonic Bezier surfaces. The main result we report here is that any biharmonic Bezier surface is fully determined by the boundary control points. We compare the new method, by way of practical examples, with some related methods such as surfaces generation using discretisation masks and functional minimisations.
Constant angle surfaces in 4-dimensional Minkowski space
Abstract We first define a complex angle between two oriented spacelike planes in 4-dimensional Minkowski space, and then study the constant angle surfaces in that space, i.e. the oriented spacelike surfaces whose tangent planes form a constant complex angle with respect to a fixed spacelike plane. This notion is the natural Lorentzian analogue of the notion of constant angle surfaces in 4-dimensional Euclidean space. We prove that these surfaces have vanishing Gauss and normal curvatures, obtain representation formulas for the constant angle surfaces with regular Gauss maps and construct constant angle surfaces using PDE’s methods. We then describe their invariants of second order and show…
Explicit Bézier control net of a PDE surface
The PDE under study here is a general fourth-order linear elliptic Partial Differential Equation. Having prescribed the boundary control points, we provide the explicit expression of the whole control net of the associated PDE Bézier surface. In other words, we obtain the explicit expressions of the interior control points as linear combinations of free boundary control points. The set of scalar coefficients of these combinations works like a mould for PDE surfaces. Thus, once this mould has been computed for a given degree, real-time manipulation of the resulting surfaces becomes possible by modifying the prescribed information. The work was partially supported by Spanish Ministry of Econo…
Two -methods to generate Bézier surfaces from the boundary
Two methods to generate tensor-product Bezier surface patches from their boundary curves and with tangent conditions along them are presented. The first one is based on the tetraharmonic equation: we show the existence and uniqueness of the solution of @D^4x->=0 with prescribed boundary and adjacent to the boundary control points of a nxn Bezier surface. The second one is based on the nonhomogeneous biharmonic equation @D^2x->=p, where p could be understood as a vectorial load adapted to the C^1-boundary conditions.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN ´ BIHARMONIC BEZIER SURFACES AND BIHARMONIC EXTREMAL SURFACES
AbstractGiven a prescribed boundary of a Bezier surface, we compare the Bezier surfaces generated by two different methods, i.e., the Bezier surface minimising the biharmonic functional and the unique Bezier surface solution of the biharmonic equation with prescribed boundary. Although often the two types of surfaces look visually the same, we show that they are indeed different. In this paper, we provide a theoretical argument showing why the two types of surfaces are not always the same.
Graded metrics adapted to splittings
Homogeneous graded metrics over split ℤ2-graded manifolds whose Levi-Civita connection is adapted to a given splitting, in the sense recently introduced by Koszul, are completely described. A subclass of such is singled out by the vanishing of certain components of the graded curvature tensor, a condition that plays a role similar to the closedness of a graded symplectic form in graded symplectic geometry: It amounts to determining a graded metric by the data {g, ω, Δ′}, whereg is a metric tensor onM, ω 0 is a fibered nondegenerate skewsymmetric bilinear form on the Batchelor bundleE → M, and Δ′ is a connection onE satisfying Δ′ω = 0. Odd metrics are also studied under the same criterion an…
Bézier surfaces of minimal area
There are minimal surfaces admitting a Bezier form. We study the properties that the associated net of control points must satisfy. We show that in the bicubical case all minimal surfaces are, up to an affine transformation, pieces of the Enneper's surface.
Supermanifolds, symplectic geometry and curvature
We present a survey of some results and questions related to the notion of scalar curvature in the setting of symplectic supermanifolds.
Geometric properties of involutive distributions on graded manifolds
AbstractA proof of the relative version of Frobenius theorem for a graded submersion, which includes a very short proof of the standard graded Frobenius theorem is given. Involutive distributions are then used to characterize split graded manifolds over an orientable base, and split graded manifolds whose Batchelor bundle has a trivial direct summand. Applications to graded Lie groups are given.
Triangular Bézier Surfaces of Minimal Area
We study some methods of obtaining approximations to surfaces of minimal area with prescribed border using triangular Bezier patches. Some methods deduced from a variational principle are proposed and compared with some masks.
Poisson-Nijenhuis structures and the Vinogradov bracket
We express the compatibility conditions that a Poisson bivector and a Nijenhuis tensor must fulfil in order to be a Poisson-Nijenhuis structure by means of a graded Lie bracket. This bracket is a generalization of Schouten and Frolicher-Nijenhuis graded Lie brackets defined on multivector fields and on vector valued differential forms respectively.
An algorithm based in Ewald's method to calculate lattice sums in the framework of crystal field theory
A simple procedure to help calculate the electrostatic potential at any point inside an ionic crystal is proposed and tested. The rationale for the mathematical algorithm to calculate lattice sums is based on Ewald's technique. The method is discussed with regard to the dimensions and shape of the crystal lattice. Electrostatic potential for NaCl and MgO type structures are obtained and compared with the values calculated by means of Ewald's method