3A) Bezier curves

Bezier curves were covered in the Part I<FONT size=-1>B</FONT>
<I>Computer Graphics and Image Processing</I> course. <A
HREF="../SMAG/node3.html"><B>SMAG</B> section 2</A> gives some of the
mathematical details, as does <B>R&amp;A</B> Section 5-8.

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<LI>Explain what C0-, C1-, C2-, C<I>n</I>-continuity mean.

<LI>Derive the constraints on control point positions which ensure
that two quartic Bezier curves join with (a) C0-continuity, (b)
C1-continuity, and (c) C2-continuity.

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