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by rwoerz 1520 days ago
Reminds me of Fourier Series [1] although this just works for closed curves AFAIK.

[1] https://youtu.be/r6sGWTCMz2k
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jacobolus 1520 days ago
For an “open curve” (parametric function from a segment) the analogous tool is the Chebyshev series.

https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen/ATAP/ATAPfirst6chapt...

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