Index 295
partial differential equation
governing, 128
radial basis for, 121–124
residual plots, compared, 138–141
smoothing masks, 134
smoothness of basis functions, 126
subdivision masks, 128–129
subdivision relation equation, 128
subdivision scheme for, 127–129
thin plate splines, 123–124
polyhedral meshes
4-8 subdivision, 203–204
bilinear subdivision plus quad averaging,
205–209
circulant matrices, computing
eigenvalues of, 260–263
constant subdivision, 236
continuity at extraordinary vertices,
254–259, 275
defined, 200
discs, 201
doughnut shaped example, 208
dual subdivision schemes, 234–238
edge-splitting subdivisions, 203–204
embedded creases, averaging for,
220–226
exact evaluation near an extraordinary
vertices, 246–249
extraordinary vertices, convergence
analysis at, 239–249
face-splitting schemes, 232–234
geometrical positioning step, 201
interpolatory face-splitting schemes,
233–234
isolation of extraordinary vertices, 203
manifolds defined, 249
quad meshes. See quad meshes
rational parametrizations, 212
rings, 201
separating topology from geometry, 200
smoothing quad meshes, 207
stellated octahedron example, 229
surfaces of revolution, 212–220
tensor product rule, 205–206
topological subdivision of, 201–204
triangle mesh smooth subdivision,
226–232
triangle subdivision, 201–202
two-step subdivision schemes,
201, 226
valences, 201, 203
vertices, 200–202
polynomials
basis function representation, 5
convergence of subdivision schemes
on, 76
defined, 3–4
piecewise. See piecewise polynomials
polynomial splines
differential approach, 92, 98
interpolation matrices, 158–159
splines in tension, 110–112
power series expansion, 129
prediction followed by smoothing, 136
primal schemes, 146–147
quad meshes
averaging operator, 206–207
axe, mesh model of, 221, 223
bilinear subdivision plus quad averaging,
205–209
Catmull-Clark subdivision, 209–212
defined, 201
doughnut shaped example, 208
dual meshes, 235–236
embedded creases, averaging for,
220–226
extraordinary vertex rule, 210–211
face-splitting schemes, 232–234
high-dimensional generalizations, 209
king, chess, mesh model, 224
non-manifold topology, 208
quad averaging, 207–208
ring, mesh model of, 221–222
smoothing rule, 207
tensor product rule, 205–206
umbilic tori, mesh model, 224–225
uniform rule, 209–210
weighted centroids, 214–215
quadratic box splines, 49–50, 59–60, 87–88
quadratic B-splines, cross-sectional
refinement relations, 43–44
quadratic cone splines, 59–60
quad subdivision, 202. See also quad meshes
quartic box splines, 51–52, 61
radial basis functions, 123–124, 151–156
rational parametrizations, 212
real numbers, convergence of
sequences, 63
rectangular domains, subdivision on,
193–197