Computer-aided geometric design : a totally four-dimensional approach /

Computer graphics, computer-aided design, and computer-aided manufacturing are tools that have become indispensable to a wide array of activities in contemporary society. Euclidean processing provides the basis for these computer-aided design systems although it contains elements that inevitably lea...

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Main Author: Yamaguchi, Fujio, 1935-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo ; New York : Springer, [2002]
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Summary:Computer graphics, computer-aided design, and computer-aided manufacturing are tools that have become indispensable to a wide array of activities in contemporary society. Euclidean processing provides the basis for these computer-aided design systems although it contains elements that inevitably lead to an inaccurate, non-robust, and complex system. The primary cause of the deficiencies of Euclidean processing is the division operation, which becomes necessary if an n-space problem is to be processed in n-space. The difficulties that accompany the division operation may be avoided if processing is conducted entirely in (n+1)-space. The paradigm attained through the logical extension of this approach, totally four-dimensional processing, is the subject of this book. This book offers a new system of geometric processing techniques that attain accurate, robust, and compact computations, and allow the construction of a systematically structured CAD system.
Item Description:Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2002.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxxix, 630 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9784431678816 (electronic bk.)
4431678816 (electronic bk.)