Rational quadratic curves-conic sections:
In this case
![2304_Rational B-splines4.png](https://www.expertsmind.com/CMSImages/2304_Rational%20B-splines4.png)
With ω(u) = (1 - u)2 ω0 + 2u (1 - u) ω1 + u 2 ω2
Therefore
![2456_Rational B-splines5.png](https://www.expertsmind.com/CMSImages/2456_Rational%20B-splines5.png)
lying in the convex hull of
is a plane curve. Also
is a general quadratic; with appropriate choices of the vectors
and weights wi , it may represent any conic segments exactly.
First of all, if ωi → k ωi (k ≠ 0), C (u) remains the similar.
Secondly, let
u = 1 / (p (1 - t ) + t ) , 1 - u = p (1 - t ) / p (1 - t ) + t
then
![64_Rational quadratic curves-conic sections3.png](https://www.expertsmind.com/CMSImages/64_Rational%20quadratic%20curves-conic%20sections3.png)
Thus the shape is not changed if ωi → p 2 - i ωi = ωˆ i .
In particular, choose p =
, then
. Therefore all C (u) with ω0 , ω2 ≠ 0
may be transformed into
=1
![499_Rational quadratic curves-conic sections6.png](https://www.expertsmind.com/CMSImages/499_Rational%20quadratic%20curves-conic%20sections6.png)