Geometry and Topology for Mesh Generation

This graduate text combines geometry, topology, algorithms, and engineering and emphasizes topics that are both elementary and useful.

List of contents

1. Delaunay triangulations; 2. Triangle meshes; 3. Combinatorial topology; 4. Surface simplification; 5. Delaunay tetrahedrizations; 6. Tetrahedron meshes; 7. Open problems.

About the author

Herbert Edelsbrunner is Arts and Sciences Professor of Computer Science at Duke University. He was the winner of the 1991 Waterman award from the National Science Foundation and is the founder and director of Raindrop Geomagic, a 3-D modelling company.

Summary

Mesh generation combines different approaches to problem solving from mathematics, computer science, and engineering. This book emphasizes topics that are elementary, attractive, useful, interesting, and lend themselves to teaching, making it an ideal graduate text for courses on mesh generation.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Edelsbrunner
• Assisted by: Philippe G. Ciarlet (Editor), A. Iserles (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521793094
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79309-4
• No. of pages: 190
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 434 g
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Applie
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous