In this paper, a new basis, to be called C-Bézier basis, is constructed for the space Γn = span{1, t, t2, . . . , tn−2, sin t, cos t} by an integral approach. Based on this basis, we define C-Bézier curves. We then show that such basis and curves share the same properties as the Bernstein basis and the Bézier curves in polynomial spaces respectively. 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights rese...