The existence of thick triangulations -- an "elementary" proof

We provide an alternative, simpler proof of the existence of thick triangulations for noncompact $\mathcal{C}^1$ manifolds. Moreover, this proof is simpler than the original one given in \cite{pe}, since it mainly uses tools of elementary differential topology. The role played by curvatures in this construction is also emphasized.Comment: 7 pages Short not

Geometric approach to sampling and communication

Relationships that exist between the classical, Shannon-type, and geometric-based approaches to sampling are investigated. Some aspects of coding and communication through a Gaussian channel are considered. In particular, a constructive method to determine the quantizing dimension in Zador's theorem is provided. A geometric version of Shannon's Second Theorem is introduced. Applications to Pulse Code Modulation and Vector Quantization of Images are addressed.Comment: 19 pages, submitted for publicatio

J Math Imaging Vis DOI 10.1007/s10851-007-0048-z Sampling and Reconstruction of Surfaces and Higher Dimensional Manifolds

Abstract We present new sampling theorems for surfaces and higher dimensional manifolds. The core of the proofs resides in triangulation results for manifolds with boundary, not necessarily bounded. The method is based upon geometric considerations that are further augmented for 2-dimensional manifolds (i.e surfaces). In addition, we show how to apply the main results to obtain a new, geometric proof of the classical Shannon sampling theorem, and also to image analysis