We present a new string method for finding the most probable transition pathway and optimal reaction coordinate in complex chemical systems. Our approach evolves an analytic parametric curve, known as a Bézier curve, to the most probable transition path between metastable regions in configuration space. In addition, we demonstrate that the geometric properties of the Bézier curve can be used to...

In this paper, we study a geometric G^2 Hermite interpolation by planar rational cubic Bézier curves. Two data points, two tangent vectors and two signed curvatures interpolated per each rational segment. We give the necessary and the sufficient intrinsic geometric conditions for two C^2 parametric curves to be connected with G2 continuity. Locally, the free parameters w...

A novel extension of the cubic Bézier curve with two shape parameters is presented in this work. The proposed curve is still a cubic polynomial model, which has simpler structure than other similar models. The proposed curve has the same properties with the usual cubic Bézier curve and its shape can be adjusted by altering values of the two shape parameters while the control points are fixed. W...

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.

Conic section is one of the geometric elements most commonly used for shape expression and mechanical accessory cartography. A rational quadratic Bézier curve is just a conic section. It cannot represent an elliptic segment whose center angle is not less than . However, conics represented in rational quartic format when compared to rational quadratic format, enjoy better properties such as bein...

In order to eliminate the weakness of large volumes data in 3D modeling process, a fast and efficient sampling method based on curvature analysis of cubic Bézier curve is presented. With the method, the characteristic points and curvature maximum value of cubic Bézier curve are used as the reference standard of the sampling interval and density. For cubic B-spline curves, the sampling data can ...

The preservation of ambient isotopic equivalence under piecewise linear (PL) approximation for smooth knots are prominent in molecular modeling and simulation. Sufficient conditions are given regarding: (1) Hausdorff distance, and (2) a sum of total curvature and derivative. High degree Bézier curves are often used as smooth representations, where computational efficiency is a practical concern...