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A classical function space is the order- trigonometric polynomial space . The following is a normalized B-basis for such a space, for [1]:

,

with

.

This basis allows the definition of a B-curve by

,

where is the control polygon.

In this Demonstration, we plot such B-curves, with an adjustable (odd) number of control points. You can also vary the value of and see the corresponding normalized B-basis as well. The order of this basis corresponds to the number of control points, which has to be odd for the B-curve and its basis to exist.

Reference

[1] J. Sanchez–Reyes, "Harmonic Rational Bézier Curves, -Bézier Curves and Trigonometric Polynomials," Computer Aided Geometric Design, 15, 1998 pp. 909–923. doi.10.1016/S0167-8396(98)00031-4.