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A note on cubic polynomial interpolation

Published: 01 September 2008 Publication History

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''The NURBS Book'' [L. Piegl, W. Tiller, The NURBS Book, second edn, Springer, 1997] is very popular in the fields of computer aided geometric design (CAGD) and geometric modeling. In Section 9.5.2 of the book, the well-known problem of the local cubic spline approximation is discussed. The key in local cubic spline approximation is cubic polynomial interpolation. In this short paper, we present the concept of single-side/double-side cubic curves and obtain the necessary and sufficient condition of a cubic curve being a single-side/double-side curve. Based on this result, for some cases of two end tangents being nearly parallel we present a new method for the problem of cubic polynomial interpolation. We also point out a flaw in Section 9.5.2 of the book and give the correction result.

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Piegl, L. and Tiller, W., The NURBS Book. 1997. second edn. Springer.

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Pergamon Press, Inc.

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Published: 01 September 2008

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  1. CAGD
  2. Cubic spline
  3. Data fitting
  4. Geometric modeling
  5. Interpolation

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