Geometry of curves and surfaces with MAPLE /

This concise text on geometry with computer modeling presents some elementary methods for analytical modeling and visualization of curves and surfaces. The author systematically examines such powerful tools as 2-D and 3-D animation of geometric images, transformations, shadows, and colors, and then...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rovenskii, Vladimir Y., 1953- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Birkhäuser, [2000]
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The First Cell
  • 3. Modern Cells: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Descents
  • 4. Prokaryotes: The Flagellum
  • 5. Prokaryotes: The Outer Membrane
  • 6. Prokaryotes: Trends towards Complexity
  • 7. The Appearance of the Nucleus
  • 8. Eukaryotes: Dictyosomes
  • 9. Eukaryotes: The Mitochondrial Symbiosis
  • 10. Eukaryotes: Plastidial Symbioses
  • 11. Eukaryotes: The Cilium
  • 12. Eukaryotes: Complexity and Gigantism
  • 13. Conclusions.