Computing Sphere Eversions
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چکیده
We consider several tools for computing and visualizing sphere eversions. First, we discuss a family of rotationally symmetric eversions driven computationally by minimizing the Willmore bending energy. Next, we describe programs to compute and display the double locus of an immersed surface and to track this along a homotopy. Finally, we consider ways to implement computationally the various eversions originally drawn by hand; this requires interpolation of splined curves in time and space.
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