Journal of Graphic Science of Japan
Online ISSN : 1884-6106
Print ISSN : 0387-5512
ISSN-L : 0387-5512
APPROXIMATION OF FUNCTIONAL CURVES BY CONIC SECTIONS
Sadao NAKAMURAKazuhisa SUGIYAMA
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1989 Volume 23 Issue 3 Pages 1-6

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Changing of radiuses of curvature of a curve generally can match with that of either of conic sections when the change is continuous. With this feature arcs of functional curves are approximated by conic sections. It leads a method of numerical solution of functions being difficult otherwise to be solved. Because of the second degree, equations of conic section can be easily solved even if reversely. As a practical example reduction of the tristimulus value Y to the Munsell value V about colors, an equation of the fifth degree, is treated by the approximation with an equation of hyperbola.
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