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

By: Dorst, Leo, 1958-Contributor(s): Fontijne, Daniel | Mann, Stephen, 1963-Material type: TextTextSeries: Morgan Kaufman series in computer graphics and geometric modelingPublication details: Amsterdam : San Francisco : Elsevier ; Morgan Kaufmann, 2007Description: xxxv, 626 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 0123694655; 9780123694652; 9780123749420 (hbk.); 0123749425 (hbk.)Subject(s): Geometry, Algebraic | Computer science -- Mathematics | Object-oriented methods (Computer science) | Géométrie algébrique | Informatique -- Mathématiques | Approche orientée objet (Informatique) | Geometrische algebra | Clifford-Algebra | Computergraphik | Geometrische Algebra | Information | Objektorientierte ProgrammierungGenre/Form: Einführung.DDC classification: 006.60151257 LOC classification: QA564 | .D67 2007Other classification: 31.51 | ST 231 Online resources: Publisher description
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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