TY - GEN
T1 - An algorithm to construct 3D triangles with circular edges
AU - Belbis, Bertrand
AU - Garnier, Lionel
AU - Foufou, Sebti
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Dupin cyclides are non-spherical algebraic surfaces of degree 4, discovered by the French mathematician Pierre-Charles Dupin at the beginning of the 19th century. A Dupin cyclide has one parametric equation, two implicit equations, and a set of circular lines of curvature. It can be defined as the image of a torus, a cone of revolution, or a cylinder of revolution by an inversion. A torus has two families of circles: meridians and parallels. A ring torus has an additional third family, called Villarceau circles. As the image, by an inversion, of a circle is a circle or a straight line, there are three families of circles onto a Dupin cyclide too. The goal of this paper is to construct, onto a Dupin cyclide, 3D triangles with circular edges defined as a meridian arc, a parallel arc, and an arc of a Villarceau circle.
AB - Dupin cyclides are non-spherical algebraic surfaces of degree 4, discovered by the French mathematician Pierre-Charles Dupin at the beginning of the 19th century. A Dupin cyclide has one parametric equation, two implicit equations, and a set of circular lines of curvature. It can be defined as the image of a torus, a cone of revolution, or a cylinder of revolution by an inversion. A torus has two families of circles: meridians and parallels. A ring torus has an additional third family, called Villarceau circles. As the image, by an inversion, of a circle is a circle or a straight line, there are three families of circles onto a Dupin cyclide too. The goal of this paper is to construct, onto a Dupin cyclide, 3D triangles with circular edges defined as a meridian arc, a parallel arc, and an arc of a Villarceau circle.
KW - 3D triangles
KW - Circular edges
KW - Dupin cyclides
KW - Rational biquadratic Bézier surfaces
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U2 - 10.1109/SITIS.2009.13
DO - 10.1109/SITIS.2009.13
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952085103
SN - 9780769539591
T3 - Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems, SITIS 2009
SP - 16
EP - 21
BT - Proceedings - 5th International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems, SITIS 2009
PB - IEEE Computer Society
ER -