Geometric Methods and Applications : For Computer Science and Engineering /

As an introduction to fundamental geometric concepts and tools needed for solving problems of a geometric nature using a computer, this book attempts to fill the gap between standard geometry books, which are primarily theoretical, and applied books on computer graphics, computer vision, or robotics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gallier, Jean
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2001.
Series:Texts in applied mathematics ; 38.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Basics of Affine Geometry
  • Properties of Convex Sets, A Glimpse
  • Embedding an Affine Space in a Vector Space
  • Basics of Projective Geometry
  • Basics of Euclidean Geometry
  • The Cartan-Dieudonné Theorem
  • Quaternions and Rotations
  • Dirichlet-Voronoi Diagrams
  • Basics of Hermitian Geometry
  • Spectral Theorems
  • Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and Polar Form
  • Applications of Euclidean Geometry
  • Basics of Classical Lie Groups
  • Basics of the Differential Geometry of Curves
  • Basics of the Differential Geometry of Surfaces
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.