[comp.graphics] Kuhn's triangulation, octtrees

dougm@zamenhof.rice.edu (Doug Moore) (09/21/90)

I have two requests.  First, can anyone direct me to a reference on
Kuhn's triangulation?  It is a way to pack space with tetrahedra that
is "well known in the multivariate spline literature", even though I
can't find any of that literature.

Second, can anyone provide me with a general name for any item in the
sequence bintree, quadtree, octtree, hexadecatree, ...  that is better
than "2^d-ary tree" and has appeared in the literature before?  I
thought "polytree" would be a good name (as in, quadtree ==
2-dimensional polytree), but someone already used it for something
else.  A brief examination of Samet's books hasn't turned up anything
appropriate.

Thanks.  Mail to me and I'll summarize in a week (if I get any response).

Dougm