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Computer Aided Geometric Design
Volume 13, Issue 3, April 1996, Pages 257-286
 
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The algebra and geometry of steiner and other quadratically parametrizable surfaces

Adam Coffman, Art J. SchwartzCorresponding Author Contact Information and Charles Stanton

Department of Mathematics, The University of Michigan, 317 West Engineering Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1092, USA

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Abstract

Quadratically parametrizable surfaces (χ1, χ2, χ3, χ4) = (φ1(u), φ2(u), φ3(u), φ4(u)) where φk are homogeneous functions are studied in open face P3(real). These correspond to rationally parametrizable surfaces in real3. All such surfaces of order greater than two are completely catalogued and described. The geometry of the parametrizations as well as the geometry of the surfaces are revealed by the use of basic matrix algebra. The relationship of these two geometries is briefly discussed. The presentation is intended to be accessible to applied mathematicians and does not presume a knowledge of algebraic geometry.

Keywords: Projective geometry; Parametrized surfaces; Linear algebra; Analytic geometry


 
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