A class of quasi Bézier curves based on hyperbolic polynomials.pdf

116 Shen et al. / J Zhejiang Univ SCI 2005 6A(Suppl. I):116-123 Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE ISSN 1009-3095 /jzus E-mail: jzus@ * A class of quasi Bézier curves based on hyperbolic polynomials SHEN Wan-qiang (沈莞蔷)†, WANG Guo-zhao (汪国昭) (Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China) †E-mail: wq_shen@163.com Received Nov. 23, 2004; revision accepted Feb. 3, 2005 Abstract: This paper presents a basis for the space of hyperbolic polynomials Γ =span{1, sht, cht, sh2t, ch2t, …, shmt, chmt} on m the interval [0,α] from an extended Tchebyshev system, which is analogous to the Bernstein basis for the space of polynomial used as a kind of well-known tool for free-form curves and surfaces in Computer Aided Geometry Design. Then from this basis, we construct quasi Bézier curves and discuss some of their properties. At last, we give an example and extend the range of the pa- rameter variable t to arbitrary close interval [r, s] (rs). Key words: Bernstein basis, Bézier curve, Hyperbolic polynomials, Extended Tchebyshev system, B-base doi:10.1631/jzus.2005.AS0116 Document code: A CLC number: TP361 2 INTRODUCTION B-splines, generated over the space span{1, t, t , …,