Geometric Algebra for Computer Science : An Object-oriented Approach to Geometry / Leo Dorst, Daniel Fontijne, Stephen Mann.
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TextSeries: Morgan Kaufman series in computer graphics and geometric modelingPublication details: Amsterdam : Elsevier ; San Francisco : Morgan Kaufmann, 2007.Description: xxxv, 626 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 0123694655
- 9780123694652
- 9780123749420 (hbk.)
- 0123749425 (hbk.)
- Geometry, Algebraic
- Computer science -- Mathematics
- Object-oriented methods (Computer science)
- Géométrie algébrique
- Informatique -- Mathématiques
- Approche orientée objet (Informatique)
- Geometrische algebra
- Clifford-Algebra
- Computergraphik
- Geometrische Algebra
- Information
- Objektorientierte Programmierung
- 006.60151257 22
- QA564 .D67 2007
- 31.51
- ST 231
Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-612) and index.
Why geometric algebra? -- Spanning oriented subspaces -- Metric products of subspaces -- Linear transformations of subspaces -- Intersection and union of subspaces -- The fundamental product of geometric algebra -- Orthogonal transformations as versors -- Geometric differentiation -- Modeling geometries -- The vector space model : the algebra of directions -- The homogeneous model -- Applications of the homogeneous model -- The conformal model : operational Euclidean geometry -- New primitives for Euclidean geometry -- Constructions in Euclidean geometry -- Conformal operations -- Operational models for geometries -- Implementation issues -- Basis blades and operations -- The linear products and operations -- Fundamental algorithms for nonlinear products -- Specializing the structure for efficiency -- Using the geometry in a ray-tracing application -- Metrics and null vectors -- Contractions and other inner products -- Subspace products retrieved -- Common equations.
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