CSci 480 Lecture Notes

Week Ten, Wednesday: Parametric Cubic Curves

(Fall) Homework Assignment 5

Cubic polynomials are most often used to define curves because lower degree polynomials are too inflexible and higher degree polynomials require more computation.

9.2.1 Basic Characteristics

The parameter "t" is used to indicate distance along the curve.

9.2.2 Hermite Curves

9.2.3 Bezier Curves


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