Formula for Dupin cyclidic cube and Miquel point

Dupin cyclides are surfaces conformally equivalent to a torus, a circular cone, or a cylinder. Their patches admit rational bilinear quaternionic Bézier (QB) parametrizations and are used in geometric design and architecture. Dupin cyclidic cubes are a natural trivariate generalization of Dupin cyc...

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Main Authors: Jean Michel Menjanahary, Rimvydas Krasauskas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2024-12-01
Series:Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys
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Online Access:https://ojs.test/index.php/LMR/article/view/37366
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Summary:Dupin cyclides are surfaces conformally equivalent to a torus, a circular cone, or a cylinder. Their patches admit rational bilinear quaternionic Bézier (QB) parametrizations and are used in geometric design and architecture. Dupin cyclidic cubes are a natural trivariate generalization of Dupin cyclide patches. In this article, we derive explicit formulas for control points and weights of rational 3-linear QB parametrizations of Dupin cyclidic cubes and relate them with classical Miquel point construction.
ISSN:0132-2818
2335-898X