Re: searching for an enveloppe
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- Subject: [mg15728] Re: searching for an enveloppe
- From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl>
- Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 03:42:23 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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Olivier Leroy wrote: > > I'd like to know the envelope of a curve. The data come from image > processing, and are known as a list of points, function of distance. > Does a method already exist to have an upper envelope near by the curve > ? > > Juliette Marais > ___________________ > INRETS > France. If your data points are not misbehaving too badly the following approach might be useful. Assume the curve is approximated by a low degree polynomial of the form p(x,y)=0. (i) Find a least-squares fit to obtain coefficients for p(x,y). (ii) Get an envelope by allowing a small offset, say |p(x,y)|<=epsilon. Daniel Lichtblau Wolfram Research