Recursive calculation of the derivatives of rational curves in (BR) form

J.C. Fiorot, P. Jeannin and B. Sucher

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 1996, vol. 42, issue 4, 751-764

Abstract: Several recurrence formulae are presented to calculate the derivatives of any order of a rational curve in the (BR) form in terms of its control polygon. This method is based on an extension to the (BR) curves of the De Casteljau algorithm.

Keywords: Derivatives; Rational curves; (BR) curves; Massic vectors; Massic polygons; CAD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4754(96)00048-1

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