Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 66 4 iv Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Let the univariate linear precision sites be , meaningThen their Cartesian-product grid is a linear precision set for the tensor-product surface basis:Indeed, the first coordinate is , and the second is . More generally, take controls . The resulting parametric surface is exactlyThis proves linear precision of a geometric basis and affine map reproduction, including arbitrary changes of the embedding plane. In fact the products also reproduce the bilinear coordinate , since ; affine precision is the requested consequence.