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We study the problem of maintaining a deforming surface mesh, specified only by a dense sample of n points that move with the surface. We propose a motion model under which the class of \((\varepsilon,\alpha )\)-meshes can be efficiently maintained by a combination of edge flips and insertion and deletion of vertices. We can enforce bounded aspect ratios and a small approximation error throughout the deformation.
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Cheng, SW., Jin, J. (2015). Deforming Surface Meshes. In: Perotto, S., Formaggia, L. (eds) New Challenges in Grid Generation and Adaptivity for Scientific Computing. SEMA SIMAI Springer Series, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06053-8_4
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