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Tolerances in Geometric Constraint Problems

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We study error propagation through implicit geometric problems by linearizing and estimating the linearization error. The method is particularly useful for quadratic constraints, which turns out to be no big restriction for many geometric problems in applications.

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  1. Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, Vienna University of Technology, Wiedner Hauptstraβe 8-10/104, A 1040, Wien, Austria

    Johannes Wallner & Hans-Peter Schröcker

  2. Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Shi-Min Hu

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Wallner, J., Schröcker, HP. & Hu, SM. Tolerances in Geometric Constraint Problems. Reliable Comput 11, 235–251 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11155-005-3617-0

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