
Index 493
convex hull property, 48, 60, 98, 224,
335
of rational Bezier curves, 228
of Bezier patches, 254
of Bezier triangles, 312
convexity, 270
convexity of surfaces, 264
convex set, 16
Coons patch
discrete, 272
Coons patch, bilinearly blended, 291,
402
Coons, S., 2, 205, 227, 399
coordinate-free, 13
coordinate system, 13
corner, 170
corner-cutting, 132
corner of a curve, 162
corner tv^ist, 290
correction surface, 413
Coxeter, H., 15
Cox,M., 119, 142
Cramer's rule, 34
cross-boundary derivative, 257, 319,
403
cross-boundary normal derivative, 344
cross plot, 87
cross ratio, 206, 213, 219, 231
cross ratio theorem, 206
Crouch, P., 168
cubic Hermite interpolant, 416
cubic Hermite interpolation, 404, 413,
415
cubic Hermite polynomial, 104, 199,
403
cubic precision, 176, 240
curvature, 167, 183,419
Gaussian, 270
curvature,
derivative of, 188,421
of nonparametric curve, 187
of rational Bezier curve, 185
signed, 235, 243
curvature plot, 159, 163, 419
curve on surface, 304
cusp,
166
cylinder, 300
Dahmen. W., 68
Daniel, M, 432
data transfer, 83
Daubisse, J., 432
Davis,
P., 22, 57, 90
de Boor algorithm, 123
rational, 242
for rational B-splines, 241
de Boor, C, 22, 119, 123, 132, 142,
235,285,309
de Casteljau, P., 2, 30, 43, 50, 68, 119,
245,
309
de Casteljau algorithm, 45, 68, 247
degenerate patch, 261
Degen, W., 202
degree elevation, 238, 326
for B-splines, 144
for Bernstein polynomials, 92
for Bezier curves, 81, 132
for Bezier patches, 254
for rational Bezier curves, 236
degree reduction, 85
for B-spline curves, 133
for Bezier triangles, 333
Delaunay triangulation, 39
depth
of an
S-patch,
330
de Rham G., 132
derivative
of a B-spline, 144
of a conic, 215
of a rational Bezier curve, 233
DeRose, T, 17, 50, 202, 260, 301, 330,
367,
390, 434
design, 49
developable surface, 270, 358
diagonalization, 378
difference operator, G6, 256
Dill, J., 420, 425
dimension
of B-spline spaces, 140
directional derivative, 316
directrix, 9
Dirichlet tessellation, 37
discrete Coons patch, 272
discriminant, 351
divided differences, 119