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Minimizing a non-linear Dirichlet energy optimally finds extrinsic geometry for the given intrinsic geometry and ensures low metric approximation error.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>We demonstrate our algorithm with a number of applications from mathematical visualization and art directed isometric shape deformation, which mimics the behavior of thin materials with high membrane stiffness.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1145\/3197517.3201276","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,31]],"date-time":"2018-07-31T15:56:23Z","timestamp":1533052583000},"page":"1-17","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Shape from metric"],"prefix":"10.1145","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Albert","family":"Chern","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"TU Berlin"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Felix","family":"Kn\u00f6ppel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TU Berlin"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ulrich","family":"Pinkall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TU Berlin"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Schr\u00f6der","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Caltech"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"320","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,7,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_2_1_1","first-page":"47","article-title":"Riemann Surface and Spin","volume":"4","author":"Atiyah Michael F.","year":"1971","unstructured":"Michael F. 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