We propose Steklov geometry processing, an extrinsic approach to spectral geometry processing and shape analysis. Intrinsic approaches, usually based on the Laplace–Beltrami operator, cannot capture the spatial embedding of a shape up to rigid motion, while many previous extrinsic methods lack theoretical justi cation. Instead, we propose a systematic approach by considering the Steklov eigenva...

Shape analysis plays a pivotal role in a large number of applications, ranging from traditional geometry processing to more recent 3D content management. In this scenario, spectral methods are extremely promising as they provide a natural library of tools for shape analysis, intrinsically defined by the shape itself. In particular, the eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator yield a set...

Many problems in image analysis, digital processing and shape optimization can be expressed as variational problems involving the discretization of the Laplace-Beltrami operator. Such discretizations have have been widely studied for meshes or polyhedral surfaces. On digital surfaces, direct applications of classical operators are usually not satisfactory (lack of multigrid convergence, lack of...

This paper concerns G-invariant systems of second order differential operators on irreducible Hermitian symmetric spaces G/K. The systems of type (1, 1) are obtained from K-invariant subspaces of p+ ⊗ p−. We show that all such systems can be derived from a decomposition p+ ⊗ p− = H′ ⊕ L ⊕ Hc. Here L gives the Laplace-Beltrami operator and H = H′⊕L is the celebrated Hua system, which has been ex...

We consider eigenfunctions of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on special surfaces of revolution. For this separable system, the nodal domains of the (real) eigenfunctions form a checker-board pattern, and their number νn is proportional to the product of the angular and the “surface” quantum numbers. Arranging the wave functions by increasing values of the Laplace-Beltrami spectrum, we obtain the...

We continue to study regular homeomorphic solutions the nonlinear Beltrami equation introduced in [24]. Estimates of Schwarz Lemma type have been obtained using length-area method.

Chebyshev polynomials of the first and the second kind in n variables z. , Zt , ... , z„ are introduced. The variables z, , z-,..... z„ are the characters of the representations of SL(n + 1, C) corresponding to the fundamental weights. The Chebyshev polynomials are eigenpolynomials of a second order linear partial differential operator which is in fact the radial part of the Laplace-Beltrami op...

An intrinsic discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator on simplicial surfaces S proposed in [2] was established via an intrinsic Delaunay tessellation on S. Up to now, this intrinsic Delaunay tessellations can only be computed by an edge flipping algorithm without any provable complexity analysis. In the paper, we show that the intrinsic Delaunay triangulation can be obtained from a duality of geodesi...

We present a novel approach for computing and solving the Poisson equation over the surface of a mesh. As in previous approaches, we define the Laplace-Beltrami operator by considering the derivatives of functions defined on the mesh. However, in this work, we explore a choice of functions that is decoupled from the tessellation. Specifically, we use basis functions (second-order tensor-product...

The Laplace-Beltrami system of nonlinear, elliptic, partial differential equations has utility in the generation of computational grids on complex and highly curved geometry. Discretization of this system using the finite element method accommodates unstructured grids, but generates a large, sparse, ill-conditioned system of nonlinear discrete equations. The use of the Laplace-Beltrami approach...