Re: Joining two striagt lines with a smooth curve

From: G.L.Narasimham (mathma18_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:26:43 +0000 (UTC)

On 20 Aug 2004, Richard Owlett wrote:
>y1 = a1*x + b1
>y2 = a2*x + b2
>ycurve = f(a1,a2,b1,b2)
>Question 1.
>The simplest case would be joining the two line segments with a
>tangent circular arc. I can do this with compass and straight edge. >Is there an analytical expression for a family of such arcs.
>This would have characteristic that first derivative of the curve
>would match the first derivative (slope) of the joined segment.

Just like the geometric construction, you need to also determine offset d, radius of tangent circular arc. Write y1,y2 into forms p=x cos(al)+y sin(al), replace p with p-d to solve for the center of arc, when ycurve = f(a1,a2,b1,b2,d)

>Question 2.
>Are there analytical expressions for curves whose K higher order
>derivatives would be 0 at the point of tangency?

For higher order contact ,both curves should have a matching minimum order derivative, which is possible if straight lines y1,y2 are replaced by higher order curves, say other circles or parabolas.

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