A univariate resultant based implicitation algorithm for surfaces

In this paper, we present a new algorithm for computing the implicit equation of a rational surface V from a rational parametrization P(t). The algorithm is valid independent of the existence of base points, and is based on the computation of polynomial gcds and univariate resultants. Moreover, we p...

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Autores: Pérez Díaz, Sonia|||0000-0002-0174-5325, Sendra Pons, Juan Rafael|||0000-0003-2568-1159
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/49595
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/49595
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsc.2007.10.001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Implicitization
Rational surface parametrization
Partial degrees
Properness
Matemáticas
Mathematics
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Sumario:In this paper, we present a new algorithm for computing the implicit equation of a rational surface V from a rational parametrization P(t). The algorithm is valid independent of the existence of base points, and is based on the computation of polynomial gcds and univariate resultants. Moreover, we prove that the resultant-based formula provides a power of the implicit equation. In addition, performing a suitable linear change of parameters, we prove that this power is indeed the degree of the rational map induced by the parametrization. We also present formulas for computing the partial degrees of the implicit equation.