CSCI 480/580 Lecture 29 - In-Class Problems

  1. Derive the Control matrix \(C\) (as in \(\mathbf{\vec{p}} = C \mathbf{\vec{a}}\) for a Hermite Spline, where the four control points are the two end points and the two derivatives at the endpoints. Recall that a Hermite Spline is a cubic polynomial segment, which means it has the form \(\mathbf{f}(u) = a_0 + a_1u + a_2 u^2 + a_3 u^3\) \[ \begin{align*} \mathbf{p}_0 &= \mathbf{f}(0)\\ \mathbf{p}_0 &= \mathbf{f'}(0)\\ \mathbf{p}_0 &= \mathbf{f}(1)\\ \mathbf{p}_0 &= \mathbf{f'}(1) \end{align*} \]