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Piecewise circular discretization of midline coordinate system. The midline curve is divided into N circular arcs, with lengths 
and curvatures 
. The location of a point x in this coordinate system is described by the index j of the circular section, the normal distance 
from the midline, and 
, the proportion of the way of the along the midline that the foot of the normal lies.
