A classical book which interests a wide audience from computer graphics enthusiasts to geometric modeling researchers. Only a background in calculus and basic linear algebra is assumed. The concepts are introduced informally in a reader-friendly style. However mathematical formalization is not forget and useful exercises are provided. Bézier curves and surfaces play a central role in this book. They are used to present spline interpolation and rational curves and surfaces. Technical notions as geometric continuity and numerical stability are clearly explain. Two chapters, written by W. Boehm, are devoted to differential geometry. Tensor product patches, triangular patches and Coons patches are also examined. Finally, this book ends by a useful glossary and a large bibliography.

Author(s): Gerald Farin

Editor: Academic Press

ISBN: 0-12-249054-1

Language: English

Edition:4

 

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