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Tangent deformation

Let $ \vec{\tau}_{t_i}$ be a tangent vector of the shape $ S_{t_i}$:

$\displaystyle \vec{\tau}_{t_i}(u_0, v_0) =
du \frac{\delta\xi}{\delta u}(u_0, v_0) +
dv \frac{\delta\xi}{\delta v}(u_0, v_0)$

This vector is transformed into $ \vec{\tau}_{t_{i+1}}$ of the shape $ S_{t_{i+1}}$:

\begin{displaymath}\begin{array}{rcl}
\vec{\tau}_{i+1}(u_0, v_0)
&=& du \frac{\d...
... t_{i+1}}}{\delta \xi}(x_0)
\vec{\tau}_i(u_0, v_0)
\end{array}\end{displaymath}

Where $ J = \frac{\delta f_{t_i\mapsto t_{i+1}}}{\delta \xi}(x_0)$ is the Jacobian of $ f_{t_i\mapsto t_{i+1}}$. Thus tangent vectors are transformed by the Jacobian.



Alexis Angelidis (PhD) 2004-02-09