Calculus for Computer Graphics, 3rd Edition

Calculus for Computer Graphics, 3rd Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783031281167,3031281160,9783031281174, 3031281179

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• ISBN 10: 3031281179
• ISBN 13: 9783031281174
• Author: John Vince

Students studying different branches of computer graphics need to be familiar with geometry, matrices, vectors, rotation transforms, quaternions, curves and surfaces. And as computer graphics software becomes increasingly sophisticated, calculus is also being used to resolve its associated problems. In this 3rd edition, the author extends the scope of the original book to include vector differential operators and differential equations and draws upon his experience in teaching mathematics to undergraduates to make calculus appear no more challenging than any other branch of mathematics. He introduces the subject by examining how functions depend upon their independent variables, and then derives the appropriate mathematical underpinning and definitions. This gives rise to a function’s derivative and its antiderivative, or integral. Using the idea of limits, the reader is introduced to derivatives and integrals of many common functions. Other chapters address higher-order derivatives, partial derivatives, Jacobians, vector-based functions, single, double and triple integrals, with numerous worked examples and almost two hundred colour illustrations.  This book complements the author’s other books on mathematics for computer graphics and assumes that the reader is familiar with everyday algebra, trigonometry, vectors and determinants. After studying this book, the reader should understand calculus and its application within the world of computer graphics, games and animation.

Table of contents:

1. 1. Introduction
2. 2. Functions
3. 3. Limits and Derivatives
4. 4. Derivatives and Antiderivatives
5. 5. Higher Derivatives
6. 6. Partial Derivatives
7. 7. Integral Calculus
8. 8. Area Under a Graph
9. 9. Arc Length and Parameterisation of Curves
10. 10. Surface Area
11. 11. Volume
12. 12. Vector-Valued Functions
13. 13. Vector Differential Operators
14. 14. Tangent and Normal Vectors
15. 15. Continuity
16. 16. Curvature
17. 17. Solving Differential Equations
18. 18. Conclusion

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