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Article #8872Re: Splines Underli
From: Amanda Walker
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 00:21
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 00:21
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In article <17846@rpp386.cactus.org>, woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: > I think it is quite clear that Amanda is talking about the 2 knots, and teh > 2 control points to define a Bezier curve. Actually, I meant any four points *on* the curve--an nth order polynomial is uniquely determined by n+1 points--but I forgot that parametrics need more points, since y isn't a function of x anymore. Ah well, I did say that it's been a while since I took Analytic Geo. :-). My next posting will actually be about PostScript :-). -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view." --Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Return of the Jedi"
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!intercon!news From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Splines Underli Message-ID: <1990Feb3.002155.16772@intercon.com> Date: 3 Feb 90 00:21:55 GMT References: <7897@shlump.nac.dec.com> <17811@rpp386.cactus.org> <13711@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <17846@rpp386.cactus.org> Sender: @intercon.com Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Sterling, VA Lines: 18