Buffa, AnnalisaCho, D.Sangalli, G.2017-04-032017-04-032017-04-03201010.1016/j.cma.2009.12.004https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/136282Based on the local refinement algorithm addressed in Sederberg et al. (2004) [17], we analyze the linear independence of the bi-cubic T-spline blending functions corresponding to particular T-meshes. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.Linear independence of the T-spline blending functions associated with some particular T-meshestext::journal::journal article::research article