Curve and surface interpolation and approximation: knowledge unit and software tool

Authors:
John Fisher;John Lowther;Ching-Kuang Shene
Affiliations:
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI;Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI;Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2004

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This paper describes a knowledge unit and the use of a software tool, DesignMentor, for teaching a very challenging topic in computer graphics and visualization, namely: curve and surface interpolation and approximation. Topics include global and local interpolation, global approximation, and curve network interpolation. For the past six years, a junior-level course has successfully used this approach.