Generalized Curvatures (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)

The central object of this book is the measure of geometric quantities describing N a subset of the Euclidean space (E ,), endowed with its standard scalar product. Let us state precisely what we mean by a geometric quantity. Consider a subset N S of points of the N-dimensional Euclidean space E , endowed with its standard N scalar product. LetG be the group of rigid motions of E . We say that a 0 quantity Q(S) associated toS is geometric with respect toG if the corresponding 0 quantity Q[g(S)] associated to g(S) equals Q(S), for all g?G . For instance, the 0 diameter ofS and the area of the convex hull ofS are quantities geometric with respect toG . But the distance from the origin O to the closest point ofS is not, 0 since it is not invariant under translations ofS. It is important to point out that the property of being geometric depends on the chosen group. For instance, ifG is the 1 N group of projective transformations of E , then the property ofS being a circle is geometric forG but not forG , while the property of being a conic or a straight 0 1 line is geometric for bothG andG . This point of view may be generalized to any 0 1 subsetS of any vector space E endowed with a groupG acting on it.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Geometry and Computing, 2
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	2008
Authors:	Jean-Marie Morvan
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	266
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-09300-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Numerical analysis Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Differential & Riemannian geometry Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > Computer vision Promotions
LSN:	3-642-09300-0
Barcode:	9783642093005

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