Computational Topology for Molecular Animation
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Abstract: Scientific visualization typically depends upon piecewise linear (PL) geometry. Dynamic visualization of molecular simulations is often discussed, informally, as “molecular animation”. Some of these molecules are mathematically modeled as knots and computationally instantiated as splines. Questions arise of topological consistency between the geometry and its PL approximation, with considerable existing literature on static cases. This work warns of topological inconsistencies that could elude the attention of the viewer in the dynamic case.
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