Fleshner & Kim
Apparatus and method for animation using topology
 An animation solid is created by an animation solid generator such that the shape of its cross section at t=t0 coincides with the shape of the contour of an object contained in a frame to be displayed at t=t0, wherein time t is set in the height z direction of the solid. For creation of this solid, topological considerations, including connected components and the tree structure of contours, are used. By chopping this solid, intermediate dividing can be performed. The basis of the topological geometry rests on Morse theory. 
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Tosiyasu Laurence Hirofumi Yoshihisa
Kunii Ito Shinagawa