The Geometry of Bezier Curves in Minkowski ´ 3−Space

On the differential geometry of curves in Minkowski space

We discuss some aspects of the differential geometry of curves in Minkowski space. We establish the Serret-Frenet equations in Minkowski space and use them to give a very simple proof of the fundamental theorem of curves in Minkowski space. We also state and prove two other theorems which represent Minkowskian versions of a very known theorem of the differential geometry of curves in tridimensi...

Bezier curves

i=0 aix , ai ∈ R. We will denote by πn the linear (vector) space of all such polynomials. The actual degree of p is the largest i for which ai is non-zero. The functions 1, x, . . . , x form a basis for πn, known as the monomial basis, and the dimension of the space πn is therefore n + 1. Bernstein polynomials are an alternative basis for πn, and are used to construct Bezier curves. The i-th Be...

5 Rational Bezier Curves Andrelief

Approximating rational Bezier curves by constrained Bezier curves of arbitrary degree

In this paper, we propose a method to obtain a constrained approximation of a rational Bézier curve by a polynomial Bézier curve. This problem is reformulated as an approximation problem between two polynomial Bézier curves based on weighted least-squares method, where weight functions ρ(t) = ω(t) and ρ(t) = ω(t) are studied respectively. The efficiency of the proposed method is tested using so...

On the Differential Geometry of the Curves in Minkowski Space-Time II

In the first part of this paper [6], a method to determine Frenet apparatus of the space-like curves in Minkowski space-time is presented. In this work, the mentioned method is developed for the time-like curves in Minkowski space-time. Additionally, an example of presented method is illustrated. Keywords—Frenet Apparatus, Time-like Curves, Minkowski Space-time.