Overview

Discrete differential geometry is an active mathematical terrain where differential geometry and discrete geometry meet and interact. It provides discrete equivalents of the geometric notions and methods of differential geometry, such as notions of curvature and integrability for polyhedral surfaces. Current progress in this field is to a large extent stimulated by its relevance for computer graphics and mathematical physics. This collection of essays, which documents the main lectures of the 2004 Oberwolfach Seminar on the topic, as well as a number of additional contributions by key participants, gives a lively, multi-facetted introduction to this emerging field.

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Author:   Alexander I. Bobenko TU Berlin ,  Peter Schröder ,  John M. Sullivan ,  Günter M. Ziegler
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   2008 ed.
Volume:   38
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.615kg
ISBN:  

9783764386207

ISBN 10:   3764386207
Pages:   341
Publication Date:   17 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Discretization of Surfaces: Special Classes and Parametrizations.- Surfaces from Circles.- Minimal Surfaces from Circle Patterns: Boundary Value Problems, Examples.- Designing Cylinders with Constant Negative Curvature.- On the Integrability of Infinitesimal and Finite Deformations of Polyhedral Surfaces.- Discrete Hashimoto Surfaces and a Doubly Discrete Smoke-Ring Flow.- The Discrete Green's Function.- Curvatures of Discrete Curves and Surfaces.- Curves of Finite Total Curvature.- Convergence and Isotopy Type for Graphs of Finite Total Curvature.- Curvatures of Smooth and Discrete Surfaces.- Geometric Realizations of Combinatorial Surfaces.- Polyhedral Surfaces of High Genus.- Necessary Conditions for Geometric Realizability of Simplicial Complexes.- Enumeration and Random Realization of Triangulated Surfaces.- On Heuristic Methods for Finding Realizations of Surfaces.- Geometry Processing and Modeling with Discrete Differential Geometry.- What Can We Measure?.- Convergence of the Cotangent Formula: An Overview.- Discrete Differential Forms for Computational Modeling.- A Discrete Model of Thin Shells.

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