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Fast Approximate Implicitization of Envelope Curves Using Chebyshev Polynomials

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Consider a rational family of planar rational curves in a certain region of interest. We are interested in finding an approximation to the implicit representation of the envelope. Since exact implicitization methods tend to be very costly, we employ an adaptation of approximate implicitization to envelope computation. Moreover, by utilizing an orthogonal basis in the construction process, the computational times can be shortened and the numerical condition improved. We provide an example to illustrate the performance of our approach.

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The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° PITN-GA-2008-214584 (SAGA), and from the Research Council of Norway (IS-TOPP). It was also supported by the Doctoral Program “Computational Mathematics” (W1214) at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz.

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Barrowclough, O.J.D., Jüttler, B., Schulz, T. (2012). Fast Approximate Implicitization of Envelope Curves Using Chebyshev Polynomials. In: Lenarcic, J., Husty, M. (eds) Latest Advances in Robot Kinematics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4620-6_26

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