A complex view of barycentric mappings

O. Weber, M. Ben-Chen, C. Gotsman, K. Hormann

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Abstract

Barycentric coordinates are very popular for interpolating data values on polyhedral domains. It has been recently shown that expressing them as complex functions has various advantages when interpolating two-dimensional data in the plane, and in particular for holomorphic maps. We extend and generalize these results by investigating the complex representation of real-valued barycentric coordinates, when applied to planar domains. We show how the construction for generating real-valued barycentric coordinates from a given weight function can be applied to generating complex-valued coordinates, thus deriving complex expressions for the classical barycentric coordinates: Wachspress, mean value, and discrete harmonic. Furthermore, we show that a complex barycentric map admits the intuitive interpretation as a complex-weighted combination of edge-to-edge similarity transformations, allowing the design of "home-made" barycentric maps with desirable properties. Thus, using the tools of complex analysis, we provide a methodology for analyzing existing barycentric mappings, as well as designing new ones.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1533-1542
Number of pages10
JournalEurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing
Volume30
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Geometry and Topology

Keywords

  • Categories and subject descriptors (according to ACM CCS)
  • G.1.1 [Numerical analysis]
  • I.3.3 [Computer graphics]
  • Interpolation-Interpolation formulas
  • Picture/Image generation-line and curve generation

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