Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling Implementation and Algorithms /

• Main Author: Agoston, Max K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer simulation.; Computer graphics.; Algebraic geometry.; Manifolds (Mathematics).; Complex manifolds.; Computer Science.; Simulation and Modeling.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Computer Graphics.; Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation.; Algebraic Geometry.; Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology).

Possibly the most comprehensive overview of computer graphics as seen in the context of geometric modelling, this two volume work covers implementation and theory in a thorough and systematic fashion. Computer Graphics and Geometric Modelling: Implementation and Algorithms, covers the computer graph...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Computer Graphics
• Raster Algorithms
• Clipping
• Transformations and the Graphics Pipeline
• Approaches to Geometric Modeling
• Basic Geometric Modeling Tools
• Visible Surface Algorithms
• Color
• Illumination and Shading
• Rendering Techniques
• Geometric Modeling Topics
• Curves in Computer Graphics
• Surfaces in Computer Graphics
• Intersection Algorithms
• Global Geometric Modeling Topics
• Local Geometric Modeling Topics
• Intrinsic Geometric Modeling
• More on Special Computer Graphics Topics
• Computational Geometry Topics
• Interval Analysis
• The Finite Element Method
• Quaternions
• Digital Image Processing Topics
• Chaos and Fractals.