Convergence of the Cotangent Formula: An Overview.

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Title: Convergence of the Cotangent Formula: An Overview.
Authors: Bobenko, Alexander I., Sullivan, John M., Schröder, Peter, Ziegler, Günter M., Wardetzky, Max
Source: Discrete Differential Geometry; 2008, p275-286, 12p
Abstract: The cotangent formula constitutes an intrinsic discretization of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on polyhedral surfaces in a finite-element sense. This note gives an overview of approximation and convergence properties of discrete Laplacians and mean curvature vectors for polyhedral surfaces located in the vicinity of a smooth surface in euclidean 3-space. In particular, we show that mean curvature vectors converge in the sense of distributions, but fail to converge in L2. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-8621-4_15
Database: Complementary Index