Hi everyone! Original question:
> (I'll get to the point quickly.) From what I've read, an extra set of > simultaneous equations, > > Sw = 0 .......... (1) > Swx = 0 .......... (2) > Swy = 0 .......... (3) > (S = summing over w, x, and y, where appropriate) > > are required to fully determine the system of equations that arise in > the thin-plate spline problem. > > See: > http://tinyurl.com/c235w > > or, > http://www.cs.ucsd.edu/~sjb/pami_tps.pdf (page 3) > > My question is, where do these extra equations come from? Or are they > just introduced to fully determine the system - in which case they have > no physical meanings. > I posted my orginal question to the moderator, so I'm posting it this time to the correct place. What I would like to know is how the above conditions gurarantee square integral second derivatives" (from the bending energy equation I assume). Thanks, - Olumide -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
