In this paper, we present an efficient approach for parameterizing a genus-zero triangular mesh onto the sphere with an optimal radius in an as-rigid-as-possible (ARAP) manner, which is an extension of planar ARAP parametrization approach to spherical domain. We analyze the smooth and discrete ARAP energy and formulate our spherical parametrization energy from the discrete ARAP energy. The solu...

We propose a multiple-kernel local-patch descriptor based on efficient match kernels of patch gradients. It combines two parametrizations of gradient position and direction, each parametrization provides robustness to a different type of patch miss-registration: polar parametrization for noise in the patch dominant orientation detection, Cartesian for imprecise location of the feature point. Ev...

A Skyrme-like effective interaction is built up from the equation of state of nuclear matter. The latter is calculated in the framework of the Brueckner-Hartree-Fock approximation with two and three body forces. A complete Skyrme parametrization requires a fit of the neutron and proton effective masses and also the Landau parameters. The new parametrization is probed on the properties of a set ...

We consider the problem of minimizing ∫ ` 0 √ ξ2 +K2(s) ds for a planar curve having fixed initial and final positions and directions. The total length ` is free. Here s is the variable of arclength parametrization, K(s) is the curvature of the curve and ξ > 0 a parameter. This problem comes from a model of geometry of vision due to Petitot, Citti and Sarti. We study existence of local and glob...

Orthogonal and partly orthogonal reparametrisations are provided for certain wide and important families of univariate continuous distributions. First, the orthogonality of parameters in location-scale symmetric families is extended to symmetric distributions involving a third parameter. This sets the scene for consideration of the four-parameter situation in which skewness is also allowed. It ...

We obtain the topological configurations of the lines of curvature, the asymptotic and characteristic curves on a cross-cap, in the domain of a parametrisation of this surface as well as on the surface itself.

Feedback control is expected to considerably protect quantum states against decoherence caused by interaction between the system and environment. Especially, Markovian feedback scheme developed by Wiseman can modify the properties of decoherence and eventually recover the purity of the steadystate of the corresponding master equation. This paper provides a condition for which the modified maste...

We briefly introduce the Wick-contraction parametrization of hadronic matrix elements and discuss some applications to B and K physics. In spite of the progresses in non-perturbative techniques, the computation of hadronic matrix elements is still an open problem, particularly when the final state contains more than one meson. In this case, methods based on Euclidean field theory, such as QCD s...