Bezier Blending Functions
The reasonable justification for Bezier spline basis can only be approached by considering its blending functions:



This family of polynomials (called order-3 Bernstein polynomials) have the following unique properties:
  • They are all positive in the interval [0, 1]
  • Thier sum is equal to 1
Lecture 9 Slide 22 6.837 Fall '98