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App1．Math．J．ChineseUniv 2015，30(3)：273—298 New cubicrationalbasiswith tension shapeparam eters ZHU Yuan．peng ， HAN Xu—li， Abstract．By usingtheblossom approach，weconstructfournew cubicrationalBernstein- likebasisfunctionswith twoshapeparameters，which form anormalized B-bas isand include thecubicBernsteinbasisandthecubicSaid—Ballbasisas specialcases．Based onthenew basis，weproposeaclassofC continuouscubicrationalB—spline-likebasisfunctionswithtwo localshapeparameters，whichincludesthecubicnon—uniform B—splinebasisas aspecialcase． Theirtotallypositivepropertyisproved．In addition，weextendthecubicrational Bernstein— likebasisto a triangulardomain which has threeshapepraametersand includesthe cubic triangularBernstein-BdzierbasisandthecubictriangularSaid-Ballbasisas special cases．The G continuousconditionsraededucedforthejoiningoftwopatches．Theshapepraametersin thebasesserveastensionparametersandplayaforeseeableadjustingroleongeneratingcurves andpatches． §1 Introduction Constructingpracticalbasisfunctionstogeneratefreeform curvesandsurfacesisanimpor- tanttopicofCAGD(ComputerAidedGeometricDesign)andcomputergraphics．Inengineer— ing，B—splinebasis，particularthecubicB—splinebasis，hasbeenwidelyused forcurvedesign onthegroundsofflexibilityandefficiency．However，thepositionsofthecubicB splinecurves arefixedrelativelytotheircontrolpolygon．Although theweightsinthecubicnon-uniofrm rationalB—splinecurvespossessaneffectonadjustingtheshapeofthecurves，seef17，24，32]， buttheeffectoftheweightfactoronadjustingtheshapeofcubicnon-uniformrationalB—spline curvesissometimesdifficulttopredict． In geometricmodeling and computergraphics，forefficientlymodifying thecurveform， researchershaveproposedsomepracticalbasisfunctionspossessingtensionshapeparameters． Received：2013-10．15． MRSubjectClassification：65D07．65D17． Keywords：Berns