Jim Blinn's Corner : Notation, Notation, Notation
Jim. Blinn
Bok Engelsk 2002 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Burlington : : Elsevier Science, , 2002.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (339 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Jim Blinn's Corner: Notation, Notation, Notation; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter Zero. Notation; Chapter One. How to Draw a Sphere Part I, Basic Math; Chapter Two. How to Draw a Sphere Part II, Coordinate Systems; Chapter Three. How to Draw a Sphere Part III, The Hyperbolic Horizon; Chapter Four. The Truth about Texture Mapping; Chapter Five. Consider the Lowly 2 × 2 Matrix; Chapter Six. Calculating Screen Coverage; Chapter Seven. Fugue for MMX; Chapter Eight. Floating-PointTricks; Chapter Nine. A Ghost in a Snowstorm; Chapter Ten. W Pleasure, W Fun. - Chapter Eleven. Ten More Unsolved Problems in Computer GraphicsChapter Twelve. The Cross Ratio; Chapter Thirteen. Inferring Transforms; Chapter Fourteen. How Many Different Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part I, Inflection Points; Chapter Fifteen. How Many Different Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part II, The ""Same"" Game; Chapter Sixteen. How Many Different Rational Parametric Cubic Curves Are There? Part III, The Catalog; Chapter Seventeen. A Bright, Shiny Future; Chapter Eighteen. Optimizing C + + Vector Expressions. - Chapter Nineteen. Polynomial Discriminants Part I, Matrix MagicChapter Twenty. Polynomial Discriminants Part II, Tensor Diagrams; Chapter Twenty-One. Tensor Contraction in C+ +; Appendix; Index; About the Author; Color Plates. - The third entry in the Jim Blinn's Corner series, this is, like the others, a handy compilation of selected installments of his influential column. But here, for the first time, you get the ""Director's Cut"" of the articles: revised, expanded, and enhanced versions of the originals. What's changed? Improved mathematical notation, more diagrams, new solutions. What remains the same? All the things you've come to rely on: straight answers, irreverent style, and innovative thinking. This is Jim Blinn at his best-now even better. HighlightsFeatures 21 expanded and up
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| ISBN | 1558608605
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