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The transverse row sequence in the extrusion invariance of Loop subdivision obeysIn the convention $g_k^{\prime }={\sum }_j{a}_{k-2j}{g}_j$, the centered univariate subdivision mask isThe even coefficients sum to one and the odd coefficients sum to one; the whole binary mask sums to two. Its generating expression is $a(z)=z^{-2}(1+z{)}^4/8$, identifying the Cardinal cubic B-spline refinement rule. Its limit is $G(y)={\sum }_j{g}_j{M}_3(y-j)$ for the centered unit-grid cubic basis $M_3$. The curve across rows is this cubic B-spline; extrusion generates the whole limit surface. The along-extrusion direction itself has constant height, so its profile is a straight line rather than an additional nonconstant cubic curve.