Title :
Visualization of higher order singularities in vector fields
Author :
Scheuermann, Gerik ; Hagen, Hans ; Krüger, Heinz ; Menzel, Martin ; Rockwood, Alyn
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Presents an algorithm for the visualization of vector field topology based on Clifford algebra. It allows the detection of higher-order singularities. This is accomplished by first analysing the possible critical points and then choosing a suitable polynomial approximation, because conventional methods based on piecewise linear or bilinear approximation do not allow higher-order critical points and destroy the topology in such cases. The algorithm is still very fast, because of using linear approximation outside the areas with several critical points.
Keywords :
vectors; Clifford algebra; critical points; execution speed; higher-order singularity visualization; linear approximation; polynomial approximation; vector field topology visualization algorithm; Algebra; Computer science; Data visualization; H infinity control; Interpolation; Linear approximation; Physics; Piecewise linear approximation; Polynomials; Spirals; Topology; Vectors; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization '97., Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8262-0
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1997.663858