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Volume 41, Issue 5
Computing Harmonic Maps and Conformal Maps on Point Clouds

Tianqi Wu & Shing-Tung Yau

DOI: 10.4208/jcm.2206-m2020-0251

J. Comp. Math., 41 (2023), pp. 879-908.

Published online: 2023-05

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We use a narrow-band approach to compute harmonic maps and conformal maps for surfaces embedded in the Euclidean 3-space, using point cloud data only. Given a surface, or a point cloud approximation, we simply use the standard cubic lattice to approximate its $\epsilon$-neighborhood. Then the harmonic map of the surface can be approximated by discrete harmonic maps on lattices. The conformal map, or the surface uniformization, is achieved by minimizing the Dirichlet energy of the harmonic map while deforming the target surface of constant curvature. We propose algorithms and numerical examples for closed surfaces and topological disks. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, our approach provides the first meshless method for computing harmonic maps and uniformizations of higher genus surfaces.

  • Keywords

harmonic maps, conformal maps, point clouds.

  • AMS Subject Headings

68U05

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COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

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mike890505@gmail.com (Tianqi Wu)

yau@math.harvard.edu (Shing-Tung Yau)

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We use a narrow-band approach to compute harmonic maps and conformal maps for surfaces embedded in the Euclidean 3-space, using point cloud data only. Given a surface, or a point cloud approximation, we simply use the standard cubic lattice to approximate its $\epsilon$-neighborhood. Then the harmonic map of the surface can be approximated by discrete harmonic maps on lattices. The conformal map, or the surface uniformization, is achieved by minimizing the Dirichlet energy of the harmonic map while deforming the target surface of constant curvature. We propose algorithms and numerical examples for closed surfaces and topological disks. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, our approach provides the first meshless method for computing harmonic maps and uniformizations of higher genus surfaces.

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We use a narrow-band approach to compute harmonic maps and conformal maps for surfaces embedded in the Euclidean 3-space, using point cloud data only. Given a surface, or a point cloud approximation, we simply use the standard cubic lattice to approximate its $\epsilon$-neighborhood. Then the harmonic map of the surface can be approximated by discrete harmonic maps on lattices. The conformal map, or the surface uniformization, is achieved by minimizing the Dirichlet energy of the harmonic map while deforming the target surface of constant curvature. We propose algorithms and numerical examples for closed surfaces and topological disks. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, our approach provides the first meshless method for computing harmonic maps and uniformizations of higher genus surfaces.

Wu , Tianqi and Yau , Shing-Tung. (2023). Computing Harmonic Maps and Conformal Maps on Point Clouds. Journal of Computational Mathematics. 41 (5). 879-908. doi:10.4208/jcm.2206-m2020-0251
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