-
amount by
which a
curve deviates from
being a
straight line
or by
which a
surface deviates from
being a plane. If a
curve or surface is
contained in a...
- (B-splines) that is
commonly used in
computer graphics for
representing curves and
surfaces. It
offers great flexibility and
precision for
handling both analytic...
- A
parallel of a
curve is the
envelope of a
family of
congruent circles centered on the
curve. It
generalises the
concept of
parallel (straight) lines....
- mathematics, a
curve (also
called a
curved line in
older texts) is an
object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight. Intuitively, a
curve may be...
-
Curve ****ing is the
process of
constructing a
curve,
or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a
series of data points,
possibly subject to constraints...
-
another surface. The
caustic is a
curve or surface to
which each of the
light rays is tangent,
defining a
boundary of an
envelope of rays as a
curve of concentrated...
- the
tangent line (
or simply tangent) to a
plane curve at a
given point is, intuitively, the
straight line that "just touches" the
curve at that point. Leibniz...
-
applied to the
Riemann surface of X {\displaystyle X} (its
manifold of
complex points). For example, the
definition of
elliptic curve from
algebraic geometry...
-
tangent to a
curve or surface at a
given point.
Tangent vectors are
described in the
differential geometry of
curves in the
context of
curves in Rn. More...
-
Lissajous curve Poinsot's
spirals Rational normal curve Rose
curve Bicuspid curve C****inoide
Cubic curve Elliptic curve Watt's
curve Bolza surface (genus...