Mathematical Tools for Shape Analysis and Description (Synthesis Lectures on Computer Graphics and Animation) - Softcover

Silvia Biasotti; Bianca Falcidieno; Daniela Giorgi; Michela Spagnuolo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1627053638 ISBN 13: 9781627053631

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

This book is a guide for researchers and practitioners to the new frontiers of 3D shape analysis and the complex mathematical tools most methods rely on. The target reader includes students, researchers and professionals with an undergraduate mathematics background, who wish to understand the mathematics behind shape analysis. The authors begin with a quick review of basic concepts in geometry, topology, differential geometry, and proceed to advanced notions of algebraic topology, always keeping an eye on the application of the theory, through examples of shape analysis methods such as 3D segmentation, correspondence, and retrieval. A number of research solutions in the field come from advances in pure and applied mathematics, as well as from the re-reading of classical theories and their adaptation to the discrete setting. In a world where disciplines (fortunately) have blurred boundaries, the authors believe that this guide will help to bridge the distance between theory and practice.

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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627053638
• ISBN 13: 9781627053631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 138