Foundations Of Geometric Algebra Computing

By Dietmar Hildenbrand

Subjects: Algebras, linear, Geometry, algebraic, Computer vision, Geometrische Algebra, Engineering mathematics, Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering, Geometry, Clifford algebras, Computer science, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Data processing, Computer science, mathematics, Computeralgebra

Description: <p>The author defines “Geometric Algebra Computing” as the geometrically intuitive development of algorithms using geometric algebra with a focus on their efficient implementation, and the goal of this book is to lay the foundations for the widespread use of geometric algebra as a powerful, intuitive mathematical language for engineering applications in academia and industry. The related technology is driven by the invention of conformal geometric algebra as a 5D extension of the 4D projective geometric algebra and by the recent progress in parallel processing, and with the specific conformal geometric algebra there is a growing community in recent years applying geometric algebra to applications in computer vision, computer graphics, and robotics.</p><p><p>This book is organized into three parts: in Part I the author focuses on the mathematical foundations; in Part II he explains the interactive handling of geometric algebra; and in Part III he deals with computing technology for high-performance implementations based on geometric algebra as a domain-specific language in standard programming languages such as C++ and OpenCL. The book is written in a tutorial style and readers should gain experience with the associated freely available software packages and applications.</p><p>The book is suitable for students, engineers, and researchers in computer science, computational engineering, and mathematics.