Research Interests


Publications

 

Peer-reviewed Journal Publication

   

1.

W.W. Lau, "A Lower Bound for the Dimension of Trivariate Spline Spaces", Constr. Approx. (2006) 23:23-31.

 

Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

   

2.

W.W. Lau, P.F. Stiller, and J.C. Trinkle, "On the Connectivity of Physical Contact Formation Cells", Proc. IASTED International Conference on Applications of Control and Robotics 1996, Jan. 8-10, 1996, Florida, USA, 41-45. 

   

3.

W.W. Lau, P.F. Stiller, and J.C. Trinkle, "Some Remarks on the Geometry of the Contact Formation Cells", Proc. International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems 1995, Aug. 5-9, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Vol. 3, 419-426.

 

Work in Progress

   

4.

W.W. Lau and P.F. Stiller, "Splines and Algebraic Geometry", in preparation.

 

 

SCIENTIFIC TALKS

 

1.

”An Equivalent Condition for the Exact Dimension of Bivariate Spline Spaces”, 1033rd American Mathematics Society Meeting, Middle Tennessee State University, November 3-4, 2007. 

   

2.

“On the Dimensions of Bivariate Spline Spaces”, Mathematical Association of America Pacific Northwest Annual Meeting, Linfield College, April 13-14, 2007.

   

3.

"The Dimension Problem: From Bivariate to Trivariate Spline Spaces", Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University, Oct. 12, 1999.

   

4.

"The Dimension of the Spaces of Bivariate Splines", Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nov. 5, 1998.

   

5.

"Reflexive Sheaves on Projective n-Space and the Dimension of Spaces of Multivariate Splines", Center for Approximation Theory Annual Symposium 1997, Texas A&M University, April 26, 1997. 

   

6.

"On the Connectivity of Physical Contact Formation Cells", IASTED International Conference on Applications of Control and Robotics 1996, Jan. 8, 1996. 

   

7.

"The Kinematics of Multi-Fingered Manipulation I, II", Texas A&M University Robotic Research Group Seminar, Nov. 9 & 14, 1994.