1.1 Mathematics for Computer Graphics

Computer graphics contains many areas of specialism, such as data visualisation, 2D

computer animation, film special effects, computer games and 3D computer animation.

Fortunately, not everyone working in computer graphics requires a knowledge

of mathematics, but those that do, often look for a book that introduces them to

some basic ideas of mathematics, without turning them into mathematicians. This is

the objective of this book. Over the following 18 chapters I introduce the reader to

some useful mathematical topics that will help them understand the software they

work with, and how to solve a wide variety of geometric and algebraic problems.

These topics include numbers systems, algebra, trigonometry, 2D and 3D geometry,

vectors, equations, matrices, determinants and calculus.

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Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science John Vince Mathematics for Computer Graphics Fifth Edition Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science Series editor Ian Mackie Advisory Board Samson Abramsky University of Oxford Oxford UK Karin Breitman Pontical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil Chris Hankin Imperial College London London UK Dexter C Kozen Cornell University Ithaca USA Andrew Pitts University of Cambridge Cambridge UK Hanne Riis Nielson Technical University of......