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The Mathematics of Surfaces VIII
Edited by Robert Cripps

Proceedings of the eighth IMA Mathematics of Surfaces Conference, held in Birmingham, UK, August-September 1998.

Contents
Algorithms for computing curvatures from range data, P. Krsek, G. Lukács and R.R. Martin
Approximation by profile surfaces, H. Pottmann, H.-Y. Chen and I.-K. Lee
Collision detection between geometric models: a survey, M.C. Lin and S. Gottschalk
Curves on surfaces: analysis and new solutions, G. Renner and V. Wei\ss
Direct construction spline approximation, P.J. Besl
An efficient algorithm for solving the surface foot point problem, I.J. Anderson, D.A. Turner and J.C. Mason
Efficient generation of hierarchical triangle meshes, S. Campagna, L. Kobbelt and H.-P. Seidel
Extraction of first-order feature lines from a discretised surface, F. Isselhard, G. Brunnett and Th. Schreiber
Fast and reliable algorithms for boundary evaluation of low-degree sculptured solids, J. Keyser, S. Krishnan, D. Manocha and T. Culver
Further transfinite surface developments, M.A. Sabin
Geometric representation by the evolution of continuous functions, G.H. Watson
Hybrid Dixon resultants, M. Zhang, E. Chionh and R.N. Goldman
Interpolation and approximation with ruled surfaces, J. Hoschek and U. Schwanecke
Interpolation with high degree geometric continuity of an arbitrary triangular mesh, M. Walker
Least-squares tool path approximation with Pythagorean hodograph curves for high-speed CNC machining, R.T. Farouki, K. Saitou and Y.-F. Tsai
The numerical condition of roots of polynomials in Bernstein form, J.R. Winkler
On a class of Pythagorean-normal surfaces with planar lines of curvature, M.J. Pratt
On the origin of supercyclides, W.L.F. Degen
Patterns of control points over n-sided areas, J.J. Zheng and A.A. Ball
Photometric ray tracing, G. Lukács and L. Andor
Pythagorean-hodograph curves on isothermal surfaces, K. Ueda
Rational m-sided surface patches, K. Karciauskas
Rational families of conics and quadrics, M. Peternell
Simulation-based surface and solid modelling techniques, H. Hagen
Surface design using global constraints on total curvature, M. Plavnik and G. Elber
A bibliography for n-sided surfaces, P. Malraison
Triangular Bézier surface patches with a linear normal vector field, B. Jüttler

ISBN 1-874728-15-1, hardback, 464 pages, 135 diagrams, 1998  £80.00/$145.00

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