Konrad Polthier, Markus Schmies,
Martin Steffens, Christian Teitzel

Branching of a wave on a polyhedral surface. Here is a video with voice and sound (10.5MB, 2.8MB).

The video Geodesics and Waves introduces topics of our recent work on numerical methods on arbitrary surfaces, their discretization and their visualization. It is the third in a series of videos produced at the department Experimental Mathematics and Visualization at the Sonderforschungsbereich 288 on Differential Geometry and Quantum Physics at the Technical University of Berlin, compare [1][2], presenting research results from the area of mathematics and visualization. It premiered at Siggraph'97 Electronic Theater in Los Angeles, and received the Science Award of the Multimedia Grand Prix '97 (NICOGRAPH CG Grand Prix) in Japan. Since then it won prizes at further international video festivals.