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Paul de Casteljau described Bézier curves before Pierre Bézier, and in the modern form (a cage of control points). Bézier defined them later, as a point and of
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Paul de Casteljau described Bézier curves before Pierre Bézier, and in the modern form (a cage of control points). Bézier defined them later, as a point and offset vectors. de Casteljau's algorithm is still used. Bézier is dead. de Casteljau lives. He was recently granted a Bézier Award.
Sources:
http://mae.engr.ucdavis.edu/~farouki/bernstein.pdf http://mae.engr.ucdavis.edu/~farouki/bernstein.pdf
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