A nonuniform rational B-Spline surface of degree 
 is defined by
where 
 and  
 are the B-Spline basis functions, 
 are control points, and the weight
 of 
 is the last ordinate of the homogeneous point 
.
See also B-Spline, Bézier Curve, NURBS Curve
 
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1999-05-25