Missing sets in rational parametrizations of surfaces of revolution

Parametric representations do not cover, in general, the whole geometric object that they parametrize.This can be a problem in practical applications. In this paper we analyze the question for surfaces of revolution generated by real rational profile curves, and we describe a simple small superset o...

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Autores: Sendra Pons, Juan Rafael|||0000-0003-2568-1159, Sevilla, David, Villarino Cabellos, Carlos|||0000-0003-3101-3245
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/39746
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/39746
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Revolution surface
Rational parametrization
Critical set
Covering parametrization
Real algebraic surface
Geometric computation
Ciencia
Matemáticas
Science
Mathematics
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Sumario:Parametric representations do not cover, in general, the whole geometric object that they parametrize.This can be a problem in practical applications. In this paper we analyze the question for surfaces of revolution generated by real rational profile curves, and we describe a simple small superset of the real zone of the surface not covered by the parametrization. This superset consists, in the worst case, of the union of a circle and the mirror curve of the profile curve.