Geometric properties and constrained modification of trigonometric spline curves of Han

New types of quadratic and cubic trigonometrial polynomial curves have been introduced in [2] and [3]. These trigonometric curves have a global shape parameter λ. In this paper the geometric effect of this shape parameter on the curves is discussed. We prove that this effect is linear. Moreover we show that the quadratic curve can interpolate the control points at λ = √2. Constrained modification of these curves is also studied. A curve passing through a given point is computed by an algorithm which includes numerical computations. These issues are generalized for surfaces with two shape parameters. We show that a point of the surface can move along a hyperbolic paraboloid

SUSY field theories, integrable systems and their stringy/brane origin -- II

Five and six dimensional SUSY gauge theories, with one or two compactified directions, are discussed. The 5d theories with the matter hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation are associated with the twisted $XXZ$ spin chain, while the group product case with the bi-fundamental matter corresponds to the higher rank spin chains. The Riemann surfaces for $6d$ theories with fundamental matter and two compact directions are proposed to correspond to the $XYZ$ spin chain based on the Sklyanin algebra. We also discuss the obtained results within the brane and geometrical engeneering frameworks and explain the relation to the toric diagrams.Comment: LaTeX, 21 pages, no figure

Data Visualization Using Rational Trigonometric Spline

This paper describes the use of trigonometric spline to visualize the given planar data. The goal of this work is to determine the smoothest possible curve that passes through its data points while simultaneously satisfying the shape preserving features of the data. Positive, monotone, and constrained curve interpolating schemes, by using

Finding antipodal point grasps on irregularly shaped objects

Two-finger antipodal point grasping of arbitrarily shaped smooth 2-D and 3-D objects is considered. An object function is introduced that maps a finger contact space to the object surface. Conditions are developed to identify the feasible grasping region, F, in the finger contact space. A “grasping energy function”, E , is introduced which is proportional to the distance between two grasping points. The antipodal points correspond to critical points of E in F. Optimization and/or continuation techniques are used to find these critical points. In particular, global optimization techniques are applied to find the “maximal” or “minimal” grasp. Further, modeling techniques are introduced for representing 2-D and 3-D objects using B-spline curves and spherical product surfaces

Positive Data Visualization Using Trigonometric Function

A piecewise rational trigonometric cubic function with four shape parameters has been constructed to address the problem of visualizing positive data. Simple data-dependent constraints on shape parameters are derived to preserve positivity and assure smoothness. The method is then extended to positive surface data by rational trigonometric bicubic function. The order of approximation of developed interpolant is