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Written by Simon Jacobi Software engineer passionate about algorithms, Computer Vision, Machine learning, computational geometry and Comp Sci.

  1. February 09, 2015

    This article explains curve parameterization, covering sampling methods, differential geometry, curve length approximation, arc-length parameterization, and numerical techniques for uniform traversal, with practical C++ implementations.

  2. February 05, 2015

    This article explores the probabilistic reasoning errors in the Dreyfus Affair, analyzed by Poincaré, Darboux, and Appell in 1904, and revisits their implications using modern mathematical language.

  3. February 03, 2015

    Exploring path following with Kochanek–Bartels splines, this post delves into tension, bias, and continuity controls, their implementation in animation systems, and Hermite interpolation for smooth trajectory and speed control.

  4. February 01, 2015

    Splines, once used in 18th-century shipbuilding, evolved into a key concept in computer graphics, pioneered in the 1950s by Paul de Casteljau and Pierre Bézier for CAD.

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