Shape Deformation
In physics, deformation is a change of a shape due to an applied force. Investigating shape deformation can reveal the transformation between two similar shapes and give information about local and global shape differences. Mathematically, a deformation is defined as a mapping from a shape t to y by a transformation function Φ, i.e. .(See Definition 10.2 of I.L. Dryden and K.V. Mardia (1998). Statistical Shape Analysis. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-95816-6. )
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