Planar Cubic Space-like Bézier Curves in Three Dimensional Minkowski Space
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This paper considers planar cubic Bézier curves in three-dimensional Minkowski space. We shall consider the conditions for the control points A,C,D,B of the Bézier curve such that the Bézier segment is pointwise space-like. For the control point C, we shall give a geometrical interpretation of the feasibility condition provided the rest of the control points are fixed.
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