Closed-form Minkowski sums of convex bodies with smooth positively curved boundaries
Sipu Ruan, Gregory S. Chirikjian
Topics & Concepts
Minkowski spaceMathematicsMinkowski additionRegular polygonSurface (topology)Boundary (topology)Position (finance)Euclidean spaceParametric statisticsPoint (geometry)Mathematical analysisMinkowski's theoremParametric equationEuclidean geometrySpace (punctuation)General positionPure mathematicsMotion (physics)Simple (philosophy)Convex bodyExpression (computer science)GeometryConvex geometryConvex setUnit sphereSupport functionParametric surfaceUnit (ring theory)Tracking (education)Order (exchange)Frenet–Serret formulasRuled surfacePoint processes and geometric inequalitiesOptimization and Variational AnalysisComputational Geometry and Mesh Generation