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Geometric Algebra for Computer Science : An Object-oriented Approach to Geometry / Leo Dorst, Daniel Fontijne, Stephen Mann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: 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.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 006.60151257 22
LOC classification:
  • QA564 .D67 2007
Other classification:
  • 31.51
  • ST 231
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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