Curvature measures, normal cycles and asymptotic cones

Xiang Sun[1]; Jean-Marie Morvan[2]

  • [1] Visual Computing Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia
  • [2] University Claude Bernard Lyon P1, France, C.N.R.S. U.M.R. 5028 Visual Computing Center King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia

Actes des rencontres du CIRM (2013)

  • Volume: 3, Issue: 1, page 3-10
  • ISSN: 2105-0597

Abstract

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The purpose of this article is to give an overview of the theory of the normal cycle and to show how to use it to define a curvature measures on singular surfaces embedded in an (oriented) Euclidean space 𝔼 3 . In particular, we will introduce the notion of asymptotic cone associated to a Borel subset of 𝔼 3 , generalizing the asymptotic directions defined at each point of a smooth surface. For simplicity, we restrict our singular subsets to polyhedra of the 3 -dimensional Euclidean space 𝔼 3 . The coherence of the theory lies in a convergence theorem: If a sequence of polyhedra ( P n ) tends (for a suitable topology) to a smooth surface S , then the sequence of curvature measures of ( P n ) tends to the curvature measures of S . Details on the first part of these pages can be found in [6].

How to cite

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Sun, Xiang, and Morvan, Jean-Marie. "Curvature measures, normal cycles and asymptotic cones." Actes des rencontres du CIRM 3.1 (2013): 3-10. <http://eudml.org/doc/275297>.

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abstract = {The purpose of this article is to give an overview of the theory of the normal cycle and to show how to use it to define a curvature measures on singular surfaces embedded in an (oriented) Euclidean space $\mathbb\{E\}^3$. In particular, we will introduce the notion of asymptotic cone associated to a Borel subset of $\mathbb\{E\}^3$, generalizing the asymptotic directions defined at each point of a smooth surface. For simplicity, we restrict our singular subsets to polyhedra of the $3$-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb\{E\}^\{3\}$. The coherence of the theory lies in a convergence theorem: If a sequence of polyhedra $(P_n)$ tends (for a suitable topology) to a smooth surface $S$, then the sequence of curvature measures of $(P_n)$ tends to the curvature measures of $S$. Details on the first part of these pages can be found in [6].},
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References

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