Geometric Analysis and Computer Graphics

Paul Concus

ISBN 10: 1461397138 / ISBN 13: 9781461397137

Verlag: Springer New York, Springer New York Dez 2011, 2011

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume derives from a workshop on differential geometry, calculus of vari ations, and computer graphics at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, May 23-25, 1988. The meeting was structured around principal lectures given by F. Almgren, M. Callahan, J. Ericksen, G. Francis, R. Gulliver, P. Hanra han, J. Kajiya, K. Polthier, J. Sethian, I. Sterling, E. L. Thomas, and T. Vogel. The divergent backgrounds of these and the many other participants, as reflected in their lectures at the meeting and in their papers presented here, testify to the unifying element of the workshop's central theme. Any such meeting is ultimately dependent for its success on the interest and motivation of its participants. In this respect the present gathering was especially fortunate. The depth and range of the new developments presented in the lectures and also in informal discussion point to scientific and technological frontiers be ing crossed with impressive speed. The present volume is offered as a permanent record for those who were present, and also with a view toward making the material available to a wider audience than were able to attend.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 228 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Geometric Analysis and Computer Graphics
• Verlag: Springer New York, Springer New York Dez 2011
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1461397138
• ISBN-13: 9781461397137
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 235B x 155 H x 13 T Millimeter Breite: 235 mm, Höhe: 155 mm, Tiefe: 13 mm
• Gewicht: 353 Gramm

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The present volume is offered as a permanent record for those who were present, and also with a view toward making the material available to a wider audience than were able to attend.

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This volume derives from a workshop on differential geometry, calculus of vari­ ations, and computer graphics at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, May 23-25, 1988. The meeting was structured around principal lectures given by F. Almgren, M. Callahan, J. Ericksen, G. Francis, R. Gulliver, P. Hanra­ han, J. Kajiya, K. Polthier, J. Sethian, I. Sterling, E. L. Thomas, and T. Vogel. The divergent backgrounds of these and the many other participants, as reflected in their lectures at the meeting and in their papers presented here, testify to the unifying element of the workshop's central theme. Any such meeting is ultimately dependent for its success on the interest and motivation of its participants. In this respect the present gathering was especially fortunate. The depth and range of the new developments presented in the lectures and also in informal discussion point to scientific and technological frontiers be­ ing crossed with impressive speed. The present volume is offered as a permanent record for those who were present, and also with a view toward making the material available to a wider audience than were able to attend.