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    • Computer Graphics
    • Geometric Processing
    • Scientific Visualization

    Background:

    • Surface meshing is crucial for geometric processing tasks involving partial differential equations (PDEs) on meshes.
    • Mesh quality significantly impacts numerical stability, convergence rates, and approximation errors in geometric computations.
    • While Delaunay refinement algorithms are effective for mesh generation, theoretical guarantees for conformal parameterization-based methods are lacking.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate and establish theoretical convergence guarantees for curvature measures in conformal parameterization-based Delaunay refinement algorithms.
    • To develop a high-quality surface meshing algorithm with provable convergence properties for geometric PDEs.

    Main Methods:

    • The approach triangulates the conformal uniformization domain of a metric surface using planar Delaunay refinement.
    • Explicit estimates for Hausdorff distance, normal deviation, and curvature measure differences between the surface and the generated mesh are derived.
    • Focuses on curvature measure convergence, offering stronger, mesh-structure-independent estimates compared to volumetric methods.

    Main Results:

    • Stronger estimates for Hausdorff distance, normal deviation, and curvature differences are achieved, guaranteeing convergence of curvature measures.
    • The Gaussian curvature measure convergence is shown to be intrinsic to the Riemannian metric, independent of surface embedding.
    • The proposed meshing algorithm demonstrates practical advantages in implementation ease and efficiency.

    Conclusions:

    • The study provides theoretical foundations for conformal parameterization-based Delaunay refinement, ensuring curvature measure convergence.
    • The developed algorithm offers a practical and efficient solution for generating high-quality surface meshes for geometric processing.
    • Experimental results validate the theoretical findings and highlight the algorithm's efficiency.