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B. Simplification of Motion Equations

 

Applying (10), the D-NURBS motion equations are

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The two vectors involving tex2html_wrap_inline2181 on the right side of (36) may be be combined into a single vector:

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Using the product rule of differentiation, we have tex2html_wrap_inline2499 . For (37) to hold, we must have

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It is obvious from (11) that the two sides of (38) are integrals of the two vectors, respectively. The two vectors in (38) are equal when, for tex2html_wrap_inline2501 ,

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We now prove (39). The right side is represented as R. Based on the product rule of differentiation and the property of the Jacobian matrix, we obtain the simpler expression

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Furthermore, according to the property of the Jacobian matrix and the observation that we can interchange the order of the cross derivatives

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Combining the above two expressions we obtain

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Since R is a scalar, (39) is proved.

Next, we derive another mathematical identity:

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The left side of (40) is the integral of the summation of the five terms of (16). Each of these five vectors is the zero vector. To see this, note that for tex2html_wrap_inline2501 , we have

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According to the definition of the Jacobian matrix, the left hand side is tex2html_wrap_inline2025 , tex2html_wrap_inline2501 . Thus, we have

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The order of the second cross derivative with respect to the variables tex2html_wrap_inline2015 and u is irrelevant, so we further have

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Now, (41) is the ith component of the first vector on the left side of (40). Similarly, the other four vectors inside the integral operator on the left hand side of (40) are zero.



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