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PDE surfaces are used in geometric modelling and computer graphics for creating smooth surfaces conforming to a given boundary configuration. PDE surfaces utilise partial differential equations to generate a surface which usually satisfy a mathematical boundary value problem. PDE surfaces were first introduced into the area of geometric modelling and computer graphics by two British mathematicians, Malcolm Bloor and Michael Wilson. ==Technical details== The PDE method involves generating a surface for some boundary by means of solving an elliptic partial differential equation of the form : Here is a function parameterised by the two parameters and such that where , and are the usual cartesian coordinate space. The boundary conditions on the function and its normal derivatives are imposed at the edges of the surface patch. With the above formulation it is notable that the elliptic partial differential operator in the above PDE represents a smoothing process in which the value of the function at any point on the surface is, in some sense, a weighted average of the surrounding values. In this way a surface is obtained as a smooth transition between the chosen set of boundary conditions. The parameter is a special design parameter which controls the relative smoothing of the surface in the and directions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「PDE surface」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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