A (Possibly) Linear Time, Greedy, Bottom-Up, Algorithm Using Quadtrees for Decimating Topologies via Steiner Triangular Meshes

by Jack Perdue

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Last updated: June 28, 1998
Jack Perdue/jack@cs.tamu.edu
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Texas A&M University