Interpolating Cubic Splines

KNOTT, Gary D.

ISBN 10: 0817641009 / ISBN 13: 9780817641009

Editore: Birkhauser, Boston, 2000

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Progress in Computer Science and Applied Logic Vol. 18. xii, 244 p. 24 cm. Top front corner bumped.

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• Titolo: Interpolating Cubic Splines
• Editore: Birkhauser, Boston
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0817641009
• ISBN 13: 9780817641009
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Near fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
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Riassunto

The study of spline functions is an outgrowth of basic mathematical concepts arising from calculus, analysis and numerical analysis. Spline modelling affects a number of fields: statistics; computer graphics; CAD programming, and other areas of applied mathematics.

Recensione

"Spline functions arise in a number of fields: statistics, computer graphics, programming, computer-aided design technology, numerical analysis, and other areas of applied mathematics. Much work has focused on approximating splines such as B-splines and Bezier splines. In contrast, this book emphasizes interpolating splines. Almost always, the cubic polynomial form is treated in depth. Interpolating Cubic Splines covers a wide variety of explicit approaches to designing splines for the interpolation of points in the plane by curves, and the interpolation of points in 3-space by surfaces. These splines include various estimated-tangent Hermite splines and double-tangent splines, as well as classical natural splines and geometrically-continuous splines such as beta-splines and n-splines. . . A variety of special topics are covered, including monotonic splines, optimal smoothing splines, basis representations, and exact energy-minimizing physical splines. An in-depth review of the differential geometry of curves and a broad range of exercises, with selected solutions, and complete computer programs for several forms of splines and smoothing splines, make this book useful for a broad audience: students, applied mathematicians, statisticians, engineers, and practicing programmers involved in software development in computer graphics, CAD, and various engineering applications."

--Zentralblatt Math