Geometric Modeling of Implicit Surfaces

• Grant number: 11/20032-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2011
• End date: October 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Applied Mathematics
• Principal Investigator: Afonso Paiva Neto
• Grantee: Alfredo Lima Porfírio
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project of scientific initiation, we propose the study of classical methods of polygonal approximation of implicit surfaces, as the Boolean operations and algebraic blending associated to its surfaces.