Computations of Bezier Geodesic-like Curves on Spheres
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چکیده
It is an important problem to compute the geodesics on a surface in many fields. To find the geodesics in practice, however, the traditional discrete algorithms or numerical approaches can only find a list of discrete points. The first author proposed in 2010 a new, elegant and accurate method, the geodesic-like method, for approximating geodesics on a regular surface. This paper will present by use of this method a computation of the Bezier geodesic-like curves on spheres. Keywords— Geodesics, Geodesic-like curve, Spheres, Bezier.
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