Guaranteeing the Topology of an Implicit Surface Polygonization for Interactive Modeling
Barton T. Stander, John C. Hart
Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 97, August 1997, pp. 279--286.
Abstract: Morse theory shows how the topology of an implicit surface is affected its function's critical points, whereas catastrophe theory shows how these critical points behave as the function's parameters change. Interval analysis finds the critical points, and they can also be tracked efficiently during parameter changes. Changes in the function value at these critical points cause changes in the topology. Techniques for modifying the polygonization to accommodate such changes in topology are given. These techniques are robust enough to guarantee the topology of an implicit surface polygonization, and are efficient enough to maintain this guarantee during interactive modeling. The impact of this work is a topologically-guaranteed polygonization technique, and the ability to directly and accurately manipulate polygonized implicit surfaces in real time.
Keyword(s): catastrophe theory, critical points, implicit surfaces, Morse theory, polygonization, topology, interval analysis, interactive modeling, particle systems
BibTeX format:
@inproceedings{Stander:1997:GTT,
  author = {Barton T. Stander and John C. Hart},
  title = {Guaranteeing the Topology of an Implicit Surface Polygonization for Interactive Modeling},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 97},
  pages = {279--286},
  month = aug,
  year = {1997},
}
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