The layout of the survey is as follows. After a short discussion of cardinal B-splines, i.e., of B-splines on a uniform knot sequence, in Section 2, B-splines for an arbitrary knot sequence are introduced in Section 3 and shown to be a basis for certain spaces of piecewise polynomial functions. Various simple properties of B-splines are listed in Section 4, and the relationship between a spline...

The paper develops a rational bi-cubic G2 (curvature continuous) analogue of the non-uniform polynomial C2 cubic B-spline paradigm. These rational splines can exactly reproduce parts of multiple basic shapes, such as cyclides and quadrics, in one by default smoothly-connected structure. The versatility of this new tool for processing exact geometry is illustrated by conceptual design from basic...

This paper presents a new kind of splines, called non-uniform algebraic-trigonometric B-splines (NUAT B-splines), generated over the space spanned by {1, t, . . . , tk−3, cos t, sin t} in which k is an arbitrary integer larger than or equal to 3. We show that the NUAT B-splines share most properties of the usual polynomial B-splines. The subdivision formulae of this new kind of curves are given...

This paper presents a simple and robust method for computing the bisector of two planar rational curves. We represent the correspondence between the foot points on two planar rational curves C1ðtÞ and C2ðrÞ as an implicit curve F(t,r) 1⁄4 0, where F(t,r) is a bivariate polynomial B-spline function. Given two rational curves of degree m in the xy-plane, the curve F(t,r) 1⁄4 0 has degree 4m 1 2, ...

Abstract In this paper, we explore the interrelationship between Eulerian numbers and B splines. Specifically, using B splines, we give the explicit formulas of the refined Eulerian numbers, and descents polynomials. Moreover, we prove that the coefficients of descent polynomials D d (t) are logconcave. This paper also provides a new approach to study Eulerian numbers and descent polynomials.

Abstract In this paper, we explore the interrelationship between Eulerian numbers and B splines. Specifically, using B splines, we give the explicit formulas of the refined Eulerian numbers, and descents polynomials. Moreover, we prove that the coefficients of descent polynomials D d (t) are logconcave. This paper also provides a new approach to study Eulerian numbers and descent polynomials.

0. Introduction. It is the purpose of this note to show that the several minimum properties of odd degree polynomial spline functions [4, 18] all derive from the fact that spline functions are representers of appropriate bounded linear functionals in an appropriate Hilbert space. (These results were first announced in Notices, Amer. Math. Soc., 11 (1964) 681.) In particular, spline interpolatio...