Vector Analysis for Computer Graphics

• Main Author: Vince, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer graphics.; Geometry.; Computer Science.; Computer Graphics.; Math Applications in Computer Science.

Vector analysis is relatively young in the history of mathematics, however, in the short period of its existence it has become a powerful and central tool in describing and solving a wide range of geometric problems, many, of which, arise in computer graphics. These may be in the form of describing...

Table of Contents:

• Scalars and Vectors
• Vector Representation
• Straight Lines
• The Plane
• Reflections
• Intersections
• Rotating Vectors
• Vector Differentiation
• Projections
• Rendering
• Motion.