Numerical mathematics for graphics. (Matematica numerica per la grafica.) (Italian) Zbl 1344.68003

Dagnino, Catterina; Lamberti, Paola

Mathematical and Computational Biology and Numerical Analysis 1. Rome: Aracne Editrice (ISBN 978-88-548-8703-9). xiii, 223 p. (2015).

Publisher’s description (translated): Graphics is a field of computer science, which constantly grows and with vast applications in several sectors as engineering, natural sciences, medicine, industry, teaching, art, and amusament. Representation of objects considering its special characteristics is used to generate realistic models of these objects. Using these representations, methods allowing the description of an object by curves and surfaces can be found.
In this volume, numerical methods for the construction of curves, polynomial surfaces and splines in parametric form are presented. The theoretical part of this book is completed with the use of Matlab implementing the corresponding algorithms. Change of position, orientation and dimension of the representated objects is also studied.

MSC:

68-02	Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to computer science
65-02	Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to numerical analysis
65D07	Numerical computation using splines
65D17	Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces)
65D18	Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry
65Y15	Packaged methods for numerical algorithms
68U05	Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects)

Software:

Matlab