DISCRETE LAPLACE–BELTRAMI OPERATOR ON SPHERE AND OPTIMAL SPHERICAL TRIANGULATIONS.

In this paper we first modify a widely used discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator proposed by Meyer et al over triangular surfaces, and then we show that the modified discrete operator has some convergence properties over the triangulated spheres. A sequence of spherical triangulations which is optimal in certain sense and leads to smaller truncation error of the discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator is constructed. Optimal hierarchical spherical triangulations are also given. Truncation error bounds of the discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator over the constructed triangulations are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]